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 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。
• The government has responded with a wave of air strikes against PKK strongholds in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.
  政府以一系列的空袭打击了库尔德人控制的伊拉克北部的库尔德工人党据点。
• 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。
• The enemy was holed up in a few isolated strongholds.
  敌人龟缩在几个孤立的据点里。
• Some Strongholds build Escape Tunnels for a quick retreat during a losing siege.
  有些据点城建有逃跑秘道，在守不住城的时候可以迅速撤退。
• 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。
• Ancient Behemoths are the most powerful creature of the Strongholds.
  远古巨兽是据点里最强大的生物。
• The enemy strongholds fell one after another.
  敌方据点相继被攻克。
• 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。
• 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。