bastions

英 [ˈbæstɪənz]

美 [ˈbæstʃənz]

n.  堡垒; 捍卫者; (军事)堡垒; 防御工事
bastion的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 堡垒（指固守一种生活方式等的体制或组织）
  If a system or organization is described as abastion ofa particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life.Bastioncan be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
  1. ...a town which had been a bastion of white prejudice...
     一度固守着白人偏见的城镇
  2. ...a bastion of spiritual freedom...
     精神自由的堡垒
  3. The army is still one of the last male bastions.
     军队仍然是男人占据的最后堡垒之一。

双语例句

• Third, Mr Sarkozy is ready to confront France's bastions of conservatism.
  第三，萨科齐先生准备好面对法国保守主义的堡垒。
• Graduate student Party branches is the Party ′ s primary organizations and the role of fighting bastions.
  研究生党支部是党的重要基层组织，是党的基层战斗堡垒。
• Many American prisons, those bastions of decorum, have imposed total bans.
  许多美国监狱（那些礼仪的堡垒）已经强制实行全部禁令。
• The army is still one of the last male bastions.
  军队仍然是男人占据的最后堡垒之一。
• The club regarded itself as one of the last bastions of male supremacy.
  这家俱乐部自称是坚持大男子主义的最后一批堡垒之一。
• One of the last bastions of human power, this alliance capital is ruled by the child king, Anduin wrynn.
  这座人类势力的最后堡垒目前由年轻的国王安度因？乌瑞恩统治着。
• The myth behind China as a high-tech Goliath? Having become workshop to the world, is China poised to storm the bastions of its high-technology industries?
  在成为世界工厂之后，中国是否已做好准备对本国的高科技行业发起强攻？
• Many Asian countries remain bastions of protectionism in their agricultural and food markets.
  许多亚洲国家仍是农产品和食品市场的保护主义坚固堡垒。
• SIEMENS and Philips are bastions of European business that have been global since the 19th century.
  欧洲两大商业堡垒，西门子和飞利浦，早在19世纪就已走出国门。
• The ancient powers rule supreme in their particular bastions, unsurpassed in power, knowledge and ability.
  永生者们拥有极其卓越的力量、知识及技巧，在他们各自的领地实行着至高无上的统治。