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

• 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 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 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。
• 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 strongholds fell one after another.
  敌方据点相继被攻克。
• However, forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi continue to strike rebel-held strongholds at Ajdabiya and Misrata.
  不过，效忠卡扎菲的军队继续对反政府武装控制的据点艾季达比耶和米苏拉塔进行炮击。
• 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。
• This area was on the adversary's right flank, behind the lake, where their units held fortified strongholds surrounded by minefields.
  这个地区是敌人的右翼，就在湖的后面，那里的德国人守备在地雷包围着的经过加强的防御工事中。
• Ancient Behemoths are the most powerful creature of the Strongholds.
  远古巨兽是据点里最强大的生物。
• 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。