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

• Ancient Behemoths are the most powerful creature of the Strongholds.
  远古巨兽是据点里最强大的生物。
• 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。
• Some Strongholds build Escape Tunnels for a quick retreat during a losing siege.
  有些据点城建有逃跑秘道，在守不住城的时候可以迅速撤退。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even the government's strongholds do not appear secure.
  甚至政府方的根据地也不见得安全。
• 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。
• 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。
• Having captured enemy strongholds mea they are taken by infantrymen.
  夺取敌据点是指该据点被步兵攻占了。
• 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。