Bastion
[ 'bæstiən ]
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n. 棱堡;堡垒;设防地区，阵地工事;
📝 例句
a bastion of male privilege
大男子主义的堡垒
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“摆似阵”:日本的多个堡垒摆在山上好似天门阵
※ ba-拼音“爸”,s-似“美女”,tion-谐音“神”:爸爸和美女借助神的力量筑工事
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
bastion
n
1 part of a fortification that projects from the rest 棱堡（防御工事的凸出部分）.
2 military stronghold near enemy territory 临近敌区的军事据点.
3 (fig 比喻) person or thing defending or protecting sth that is threatened 堡垒; 保护者; 保卫者; 捍卫者
a bastion of democracy, freedom, etc 捍卫民主、自由等的堡垒
`The last bastions of privilege are crumbling,' announced the speaker. 演讲者宣称
｀特权制度的最後一个堡垒正在崩溃.
🔁 扩展释义
*['bæstʃәn]n. 棱堡, 阵地工事
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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If you'd like to hear some new English songs, I suggest you download them from the web.
如果你想听一些新的英文歌，我建议你上网下载。
That was my last one, too.
那可是我最后额财产了。
It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity.
据估计，若桥上摆满了汽车，也只不过是桥的总承载力的1/3。