strongholds

英 [ˈstrɒŋhəʊldz]

美 [ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊldz]

n.  有广泛支持的地方; 势力强大的地方; 堡垒; 要塞; 据点; (某种动物的)主要栖息地
stronghold的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (持共同态度或信仰的人的)大本营，据点
  If you say that a place or region is astronghold ofa particular attitude or belief, you mean that most people there share this attitude or belief.
  1. The westernmost part of north Wales is a stronghold of Welsh-speakers...
     北威尔士最西部是说威尔士语人的聚居区。
  2. The seat was a stronghold of the Labour party.
     这个选区是工党的大本营。
• N-COUNT (某种动物的)主要栖息地
  If you say that a place is astrongholdof a particular type of animal, you mean that more of that type of animal live there than in other places.
  1. Shetland is the last stronghold of otters in the British Isles.
     设得兰群岛是水獭在不列颠群岛上最后的栖息地。

双语例句

• To be sure, we're already seeing this sort of behavior emerge in knowledge-economy strongholds like Silicon Valley.
  必然，我们要做好了准备去面对此类行为现象在硅谷那样的知识经济要塞出现。
• Having captured enemy strongholds mea they are taken by infantrymen.
  夺取敌据点是指该据点被步兵攻占了。
• The jungle was creeping back to its old strongholds.
  莽丛密林一步一步地蔓延到了古老的城堡。
• They've pushed the Taliban out of their Afghan strongholds and finally put al Qaeda on the path to defeat.
  他们把塔利班赶出了在阿富汗的堡垒并最终迫使“基地”组织走上灭亡的道路。
• This Chinese term literally refers to the mountain strongholds of bandits.
  这汉语词条实际上指的是山区的据点土匪。
• Another insurgent group al-Shabab has also been closing in on the pirate's strongholds in recent weeks.
  最近几周，另外一个反叛组织青年党也在打击海盗的堡垒。
• I have read with much satisfaction the phrase which you quote concerning the number of strongholds.
  我读了你所引用的关于要塞数量的话，十分满意。
• Dividing his command, Morgan assailed both strongholds at the same time
  摩根派遣部队同时袭击了两个据点。
• The Taliban seized Kabul in1996 and captured most of the country outside of Northern Alliance strongholds primarily in the northeast.
  1996年，塔利班夺取喀布尔，并占领了除主要在东北活动的北方联盟之外的绝大部分领土。
• He probes the enemy's weak positions, ignoring his strongholds
  他侦察敌人兵力薄弱的位置，对其要塞不予理睬。