bastion

英 [ˈbæstiən]

美 [ˈbæstʃən]

n.  堡垒; 捍卫者; (军事)堡垒; 防御工事

复数：bastions　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13854 / COCA.14035

牛津词典

noun

• 堡垒；捍卫者
  a group of people or a system that protects a way of life or a belief when it seems that it may disappear
  1. a bastion of male privilege
     大男子主义的堡垒
  2. a bastion of freedom
     捍卫自由的堡垒
• （军事）堡垒；防御工事
  a place that military forces are defending

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。

英英释义

noun

• projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
• a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
  Synonym:citadel
• a group that defends a principle
  1. a bastion against corruption
  2. the last bastion of communism

双语例句

• Bastion of enlightenment what's going on?
  启蒙的堡垒，到底发生了什么？
• The IMF, a bastion of tough love austerity, has come to this important realisation.
  如今，一向以严厉的爱充当紧缩政策堡垒的IMF也已经有了这一重要认识。
• The bastion host will be running one or more application proxy
  bastion主机将运行一个或一个以上应用程序代理
• Asia is the last bastion of the strong dollar policy.
  亚洲是强势美元政策的最后一个堡垒。
• The bastion of Chinese capitalism, Wenzhou in Zhejiang, was a rural and rustic town in the 1980s.
  作为中国资本主义的前哨，浙江温州在上世纪80年代还是一个农业小镇。
• Thought Bastion: This shield protects the wielder as the Psychic Bastion feat.
  思维堡垒：该盾牌如同心力堡垒专长那样保护持用者。
• That is the real iron bastion which no force can smash, no force whatsoever.
  这是真正的铜墙铁壁，什么力量也打不破的，完全打不破的。
• The last bastion will be the home.
  我们的家成了最后一个堡垒。
• This bonus stacks with other mental hardness bonuses due to the Psychic Bastion feat or through psionic defense modes.
  该加值和来自心力堡垒或心灵防御模式的其他精神硬度加值累加。
• For all its dynamism, the tech world is a bastion of male wealth.
  从科技行业的所有动力来说，它是一个男性财富的基地。