citadels
n. 城堡,堡壘( citadel的名詞複數 )
In the past, a citadel was a strong building in or near a city, where people could shelter for safety.
The citadel at Besançon towered above the river.
貝桑松的城堡高高地聳立在河邊。
If you describe a system or organization as a citadel of a particular way of life, usually one you disapprove of, you mean that it is powerful and effective in defending that way of life.
The business is no longer regarded as a citadel of commerce.
該行業不再被視為貿易的堡壘。
citadels of private economic power
私人經濟力量的堡壘
So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza And it will consume her citadels.
摩1:7我卻要降火在迦薩的城內、燒滅其中的宮殿.
In the traditional citadels of Christendom, grey Gothic cathedrals stand mute witnesses to a rejected faith.
在傳統基督教的大本營, 灰白色的哥特式大教堂寂寥的屹立著,默默地看著被背棄的信仰.
He was invincible. He knew how to work, and the citadels would go down before him.
他不可戰勝, 他知道怎樣工作, 堡壘會被他征服.