bastions

英 [ˈbæstɪənz] 美 [ˈbæstʃənz]

n.  堡垒; 捍卫者; (军事)堡垒; 防御工事
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  1. N-COUNT 堡垒（指固守一种生活方式等的体制或组织）
    If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended.
    1. ...a town which had been a bastion of white prejudice...
      一度固守着白人偏见的城镇
    2. ...a bastion of spiritual freedom...
      精神自由的堡垒
    3. The army is still one of the last male bastions.
      军队仍然是男人占据的最后堡垒之一。
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  1. The army is still one of the last male bastions.
    军队仍然是男人占据的最后堡垒之一。
  2. Unmarried couples gravitated toward big cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco, while the farm states in the Great Plains and rural communities of the Midwest and West remained bastions of traditionalism, according to the survey.
    调查显示，不婚夫妇多居住在纽约、芝加哥、洛杉矶和旧金山这样的大城市，大平原农业州和中西部、西部农村的人们则倾向于保持传统婚姻。
  3. The myth behind China as a high-tech Goliath? Having become workshop to the world, is China poised to storm the bastions of its high-technology industries?
    在成为世界工厂之后，中国是否已做好准备对本国的高科技行业发起强攻？
  4. Mr. Zheng believes that the work taps into an important argument about the use of landmark buildings in China, many of which are designed as bastions of state power.
    郑见伟认为，该项目涉及了有关如何运用中国地标建筑的重要争论，其中许多建筑都是作为国家权力的堡垒而被设计出来的。
  5. Last year, 78 out of 167 did – including such non-feminist bastions as Brazil and Rwanda ( but not, of course, the US).
    去年167个提供资料的国家中有78个引进了法定陪产假，包括一些男权至上的堡垒，比如巴西和卢旺达（美国当然不在其列）。
  6. Third, Mr Sarkozy is ready to confront France's bastions of conservatism.
    第三，萨科齐先生准备好面对法国保守主义的堡垒。
  7. Graduate student Party branches is the Party ′ s primary organizations and the role of fighting bastions.
    研究生党支部是党的重要基层组织，是党的基层战斗堡垒。
  8. One of the last bastions of human power, this alliance capital is ruled by the child king, Anduin wrynn.
    这座人类势力的最后堡垒目前由年轻的国王安度因？乌瑞恩统治着。
  9. The ancient powers rule supreme in their particular bastions, unsurpassed in power, knowledge and ability.
    永生者们拥有极其卓越的力量、知识及技巧，在他们各自的领地实行着至高无上的统治。
  10. Many Asian countries remain bastions of protectionism in their agricultural and food markets.
    许多亚洲国家仍是农产品和食品市场的保护主义坚固堡垒。
  11. SIEMENS and Philips are bastions of European business that have been global since the 19th century.
    欧洲两大商业堡垒，西门子和飞利浦，早在19世纪就已走出国门。
  12. Meanwhile, in the former bastions of capitalism we have seen a stunning reversal of once firmly held principles.
    与此同时我们看到，在从前的资本主义堡垒中，那些一度受到坚决拥护的原则已被惊人地颠倒了过来。
  13. Many American prisons, those bastions of decorum, have imposed total bans.
    许多美国监狱（那些礼仪的堡垒）已经强制实行全部禁令。
  14. Were Wall Street's last bastions of secrecy, mystery, exclusivity and privilege.
    是华尔街仅剩的带有秘密、神秘、排外和特权色彩的堡垒。
  15. Secured with bastions or fortifications.
    有堡垒或防御工事保卫。
  16. The club is one of the last bastions of male chauvinism.
    这个俱乐部是大男人主义的最后堡垒之一。
  17. The club regarded itself as one of the last bastions of male supremacy.
    这家俱乐部自称是坚持大男子主义的最后一批堡垒之一。
  18. Two of the sweeping bastions appeared to rest on the water which washed their base, while a deep ditch and extensive morasses guarded its other sides and angles.
    其中有两座大碉堡就建在湖边，一面的墙脚被冲刷着，另外的几面和拐角处，则围着一条很深的壕沟和一片开阔的沼泽地。
  19. Abbreviations may thus be one of the last bastions for language purists, leaving some people to wonder, will'CCTV'be next?
    因而，缩写词可能是汉语纯净论者要攻克的最后一个堡垒。或许有人会想，下一个就该轮到“CCTV”了吧？
  20. In 2011, the European and Swiss central banks, traditionally bastions of hard money orthodoxy, defected to the reflationist camp.
    2011年，稳健货币政策的两大传统堡垒欧洲央行（ecb）和瑞士央行（snb）倒戈，转投通货再膨胀阵营。
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