stronghold
pronunciation
UK [ˈstrɒŋhəʊld]
US [ˈstrɔŋhoʊld]
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- n.
- 要塞
- 据点
- 根据地
Word Origin
stronghold 堡垒,要塞
strong,坚固的,hold,堡垒。
Synonym
Example
- 1. Reinado 's stronghold was in the coffee-rich western districts .
- 雷纳多的大本营是在盛产咖啡的西部地区。
- 2. Pows excavated three tunnels below this nazi stronghold .
- 战俘们在这个纳粹据点地下挖出了三条隧道。
- 3. In this slow-growth stronghold , anything other than a glacial pace of development is anathema .
- 在这个缓慢发展的要塞,所有超出冰河时期发展速度的想法都被看作是异端。
- 4. The opposition is contesting almost all parliamentary and local seats in his area-a ruling party stronghold .
- 反对派在他所有的地区竞争几乎所有的议会和地区席位,而这一地区是执政党的一个堡垒地区。
- 5. As for the deeper question of why voters are being asked to rule on a matter that in most places would be reserved to legislators , the short answer is that tax increases in california need a two-thirds majority to pass-a threshold too high even in this democratic stronghold .
- 至于选民为何被要求决定一个在多数地区会留给立法者决定的深层次问题,简短地回答是加州增税需要2/3的多数通过即使是在民主党根据地也是一个过高的门槛。
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