bastions
n. 棱堡(要塞之凸处部分)( bastion的名词复数 ); 堡垒; 防御工事; <喻>堡垒
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.
...a town which had been a bastion of white prejudice...
一度固守着白人偏见的城镇
...a bastion of spiritual freedom...
精神自由的堡垒
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。
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.
His bastions of iron?
铜墙铁壁 呢 ?
By contemporary standards both are bastions of moderation.
按照现代的标准,两个组织都属于温和派.
SIEMENS and Philips are bastions of European business that have been global since the 19 th 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.