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单词 bastion
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bastion
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbæs.ti.ən/us
/ˈbæs.ti.ən/
something thatkeepsordefendsabeliefor a way oflifethat isdisappearingorthreatened:
堡垒
Britishpublicschoolsareregardedas one of thelastbastionsofupper-classprivilege.英国公学被视为上流阶级特权的最后堡垒之一。
apartof thewallof acastlethatsticksout from it inordertoprotectit
棱堡（城堡和堡垒的突出部分）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Things remaining
  • (and) all the restidiom
  • balance
  • cremains
  • cutpiece
  • deposit
  • dregs
  • for the restidiom
  • ground
  • hangover
  • relic
  • remainder
  • remains
  • remnant
  • residual
  • residue
  • throwback
  • time capsule
  • unallocated
  • uneaten
  • vestige
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Defending and protecting
Fortifications
(Definition ofbastionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbastion

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The other is that both of them are bastions.
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A more accurate description is "bastions of privilege".
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There are certain pillars or bastions around which our political strategy and the framework of our defence must be based.
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Anyone who believes in democracy recognises that a free trade union movement is one of the bastions of democracy.
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The police and magistrates courts are the bastions of society against crime and disorder.
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We in this island could not stand for long if the other bastions of freedom fell away.
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Adjoining the southernmost of these bastions and to the south of it a short stretch of wall was also scheduled.
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There are other bastions of democracy in this country.
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They do not want interference with business or directorships or the bastions of power which they hold at the moment.
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I am speaking only of the bastions of the bridge.
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One of the great bastions of the country has fallen.
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Now, when the world is exhausted, may seem to them an opportunity to seize and fortify bastions against foreign aggression.
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How can anyone believe that these highly sensitive bastions of our heritage can be left to the unqualified element of the private sector?
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However, we must take care lest those areas become bastions of middle-class activity.
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The ownership of property by as many people as possible is one of the main bastions of liberty.
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