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 enemy was holed up in a few isolated strongholds.
  敌人龟缩在几个孤立的据点里。
• Even the government's strongholds do not appear secure.
  甚至政府方的根据地也不见得安全。
• 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。
• 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。
• Dagger Lake is full of islands where they lurk in hidden caves and secret strongholds.
  达格湖里的众多岛屿是他们的聚居点和藏身地。
• Ancient Behemoths are the most powerful creature of the Strongholds.
  远古巨兽是据点里最强大的生物。
• This Chinese term literally refers to the mountain strongholds of bandits.
  这汉语词条实际上指的是山区的据点土匪。
• Kismayo is one of the strongholds of the al-Shabab rebels, who have banned all trade with government-controlled Dobley.
  当地的居民马哈穆德说，基斯马尤是青年党叛军的据点之一，他们在那里禁止和政府军控制的多布莱镇之间的买卖。
• 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 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。