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

• 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。
• Rebels also allegedly supported by Russian forces have launched a counter-offensive in recent days around their existing strongholds of Donetsk and Lugansk, partly reversing recent Ukrainian progress.
  近日，叛军据称在俄军的支持下，在他们现有的据点顿涅茨克（Donetsk）和卢甘斯克（Lugansk）附近发动反攻，部分逆转了乌克兰政府军近期在战场上取得的进展。
• Even the government's strongholds do not appear secure.
  甚至政府方的根据地也不见得安全。
• It called for air strikes on the "strongholds of mercenaries" and a no-fly zone over the oil-rich North Africa state but not foreign troops on the ground.
  全国委员会呼吁对“政府雇佣军据点”实施空袭，并在这个北非富油国上空设立禁飞区，但不限制外国军队从陆路进入利比亚。
• The US warning about Russian military interference in Syria came amid reports from the UN that government forces were using helicopters to attack opposition strongholds, as well as tanks and artillery.
  据联合国报告，叙利亚政府军正在使用直升机攻击反对派据点以及坦克和大炮，美国因此对俄罗斯对叙利亚进行军事干预提出警告。
• Also, in both France and the UK the union movement is defending one of its last strongholds.
  同样，在法国和英国，工会运动正在捍卫自己最后的“堡垒”。
• And we gave our troops a new mission: Work with Iraqi forces to protect the Iraqi people, pursue the enemy in its strongholds, and deny the terrorists sanctuary anywhere in the country.
  我们向我们的军队布置了一项新的任务：与伊拉克部队合作保护伊拉克人民，追击躲在堡垒里的敌人，在伊拉克任何地方都不给恐怖分子以藏身之地。
• 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。
• But the government dispatched paramilitary forces to root out militant strongholds near Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.
  但是，巴基斯坦政府还是派遣了准军事部队去消灭西北边境省首府白沙瓦附近的激进组织据点。