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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Only with this huge force can the enemy's strongholds be taken and his last fortresses smashed.
  有了这支大军，才能攻破敌人的坚固阵地，才能攻破敌人的最后堡垒。
• Babylon's warriors have stopped fighting; they remain in their strongholds.
  巴比伦的勇士止息争战，藏在坚垒之中。
• 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。
• Ancient Behemoths are the most powerful creature of the Strongholds.
  远古巨兽是据点里最强大的生物。
• It called for air strikes on the "strongholds of mercenaries" and a no-fly zone over the oil-rich North Africa state but not foreign troops on the ground.
  全国委员会呼吁对“政府雇佣军据点”实施空袭，并在这个北非富油国上空设立禁飞区，但不限制外国军队从陆路进入利比亚。
• And we gave our troops a new mission: Work with Iraqi forces to protect the Iraqi people, pursue the enemy in its strongholds, and deny the terrorists sanctuary anywhere in the country.
  我们向我们的军队布置了一项新的任务：与伊拉克部队合作保护伊拉克人民，追击躲在堡垒里的敌人，在伊拉克任何地方都不给恐怖分子以藏身之地。
• 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。