stronghold

英 [ˈstrɒŋhəʊld]

美 [ˈstrɔːŋhoʊld]

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

复数：strongholds　

Collins.1 / BNC.11520 / COCA.10622

牛津词典

noun

有广泛支持的地方；势力强大的地方
an area in which there is a lot of support for a particular belief or group of people, especially a political party
1. a Republican stronghold/a stronghold of Republicanism
  共和党势力强大的地区
堡垒；要塞；据点
a castle or a place that is strongly built and difficult to attack
（某种动物的）主要栖息地
an area where there are a large number of a particular type of animal
1. This valley is one of the last strongholds of the Siberian tiger.
  这条山谷是西伯利亚虎最后的几个主要栖息地之一。

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。

noun

The puppet troops 'stronghold was completely destroyed by the guerrillas.
伪军据点被游击队连锅端了。
This suggests they do not feel safe in the last loyalist stronghold, the oasis of Sebha.
这表明他们在赛布哈的绿洲&效忠派最后的要塞，并没有感到安全。
It intot he dungeon corridor of the castle's inner stronghold.
进入了城堡内部的要塞的地牢走廊里。
An unassailable stronghold, fortress, etc.
攻不破的堡垒、要塞等。
They built a stronghold in the Beor mountains.
他们在贝奥尔山脉建造了一个据点。
We took possession of the enemy's stronghold.
我们占领了敌人的要塞。
We captured the enemy stronghold after a vigorous attack.
我们经过猛烈的攻击后占领了敌人的堡垒。
Britain says it will send a team of military officers to the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi.
英国表示他们将派遣一个军官小组前往利比亚叛军在班加西的据点。
The soldiers blasted the stronghold.
战士们用炸药炸碉堡。
The village was a suspected rebel stronghold.
那个村庄被认为是叛军的据点。