heartland

英 [ˈhɑːtlænd]

美 [ˈhɑːrtlænd]

n.  (国家或地区的)腹地，中心区域; (活动或政党的)重要场所，核心区域

复数：heartlands　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14261 / COCA.10435

牛津词典

noun

• （国家或地区的）腹地，中心区域
  the central part of a country or an area
  1. the great Russian heartlands
     广袤的俄罗斯中心地带
• （活动或政党的）重要场所，核心区域
  an area that is important for a particular activity or political party
  1. the industrial heartland of Germany
     德国的中心工业区
  2. the traditional Tory heartland of Britain's boardrooms
     保守党的传统领地：英国的各董事会

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （某活动或信仰占优势的）中心区域，核心地区
  Journalists useheartlandorheartlandsto refer to the area or region where a particular set of activities or beliefs is most significant.
  1. ...his six-day bus tour around the industrial heartland of America...
     他在美国工业中心区域的大巴6日游
  2. Worst-hit areas were Tory heartlands in London and the South-East.
     受影响最严重的是伦敦及英国东南部的保守党核心势力地区。
  3. ...the heartlands of the service industries.
     服务业的中心地区
• N-COUNT （国家或大陆的）心脏地带，腹地
  The most central area of a country or continent can be referred to as itsheartlandorheartlands.
  1. We then headed west towards the heartland of Poland...
     我们随后朝西前往波兰中部。
  2. For many, the essence of French living is to be found in the rural heartlands.
     对很多人来说，深入乡村腹地才能体验到真正的法国生活。

英英释义

noun

• the central region of a country or continent

双语例句

• And yet the town, and its province of Limburg, are Mr Wilders's heartland.
  然而这座城市，乃至它所在的省林堡，是威尔德斯先生的腹心地带。
• We then headed west towards the heartland of Poland
  我们随后朝西前往波兰中部。
• In the rugby heartland of southwest France, the terrain is rugged and the weather fickle.
  这个位于法国西南部的橄榄球运动的心脏地区，地势崎岖，天气变化无常。
• Iraqi security forces are on high alert around Baghdad and in the Sunni heartland north of the capital.
  伊拉克安全部队对首都巴格达周边及巴格达北部逊尼派聚集地区高度戒备。
• This densely populated plain, which is devoted to wet rice cultivation, is the heartland of Cambodia.
  有利于水稻种植、人口稠密的平原是柬埔寨的中心地带。
• The environment of civilization origins can be distinguished into two different kinds: macrocosmic environment and heartland environment.
  文明起源的地理环境可以分为整体地理环境和中心地理环境。
• For many, the essence of French living is to be found in the rural heartlands.
  对很多人来说，深入乡村腹地才能体验到真正的法国生活。
• Historically, Russia has pushed its borders outward, as far away as possible from its heartland.
  历史上，俄罗斯一直努力将边境线向外推进，尽可能地远离腹地。
• I was raised in the heartland of my own country.
  我是在祖国得和新城是成长的。
• Karbala, south of Baghdad in Iraq's Shiite heartland, is one of the world's holiest Shiite cities.
  卡尔巴拉，伊拉克巴格达南部的什叶派圣地，是世界上什叶派最神圣的城市之一。