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

• 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。
• 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。
• Last year, 78 out of 167 did – including such non-feminist bastions as Brazil and Rwanda ( but not, of course, the US).
  去年167个提供资料的国家中有78个引进了法定陪产假，包括一些男权至上的堡垒，比如巴西和卢旺达（美国当然不在其列）。
• 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。
• Were Wall Street's last bastions of secrecy, mystery, exclusivity and privilege.
  是华尔街仅剩的带有秘密、神秘、排外和特权色彩的堡垒。
• 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。
• Many American prisons, those bastions of decorum, have imposed total bans.
  许多美国监狱（那些礼仪的堡垒）已经强制实行全部禁令。
• Mr. Zheng believes that the work taps into an important argument about the use of landmark buildings in China, many of which are designed as bastions of state power.
  郑见伟认为，该项目涉及了有关如何运用中国地标建筑的重要争论，其中许多建筑都是作为国家权力的堡垒而被设计出来的。
• In 2011, the European and Swiss central banks, traditionally bastions of hard money orthodoxy, defected to the reflationist camp.
  2011年，稳健货币政策的两大传统堡垒欧洲央行（ecb）和瑞士央行（snb）倒戈，转投通货再膨胀阵营。