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

• 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。
• Another insurgent group al-Shabab has also been closing in on the pirate's strongholds in recent weeks.
  最近几周，另外一个反叛组织青年党也在打击海盗的堡垒。
• The enemy strongholds fell one after another.
  敌方据点相继被攻克。
• Do you know the Strongholds trade in creatures?
  你知道吗&在据点城能买卖生物。
• So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.
  所以我将派遣一个消防后墙上的加沙，和它应吃掉她的据点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。