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

• 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。
• 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。
• Meanwhile, in the former bastions of capitalism we have seen a stunning reversal of once firmly held principles.
  与此同时我们看到，在从前的资本主义堡垒中，那些一度受到坚决拥护的原则已被惊人地颠倒了过来。
• Secured with bastions or fortifications.
  有堡垒或防御工事保卫。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Unmarried couples gravitated toward big cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, while the farm states in the Great Plains and rural communities of the Midwest and West remained bastions of traditionalism, according to the survey.
  调查显示，不婚夫妇多居住在纽约、芝加哥、洛杉矶和旧金山这样的大城市，大平原农业州和中西部、西部农村的人们则倾向于保持传统婚姻。
• Two of the sweeping bastions appeared to rest on the water which washed their base, while a deep ditch and extensive morasses guarded its other sides and angles.
  其中有两座大碉堡就建在湖边，一面的墙脚被冲刷着，另外的几面和拐角处，则围着一条很深的壕沟和一片开阔的沼泽地。
• 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。