单词：bastion
n. a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle
n. projecting part of a rampart or other fortification
bastion的用法和样例：
例句
- These clubs are the last bastions of male privilege.这些俱乐部是男性特权的最后棱堡。
- Pearl Harbor was the principal American bastion in the Pacific.珍珠港是美国在太平洋地区的主要棱堡。
- The British public schools are bastion of privilege.英国的公学是特权的堡垒。
- Their battle line is not solid and is anything but a bastion of iron.他们的战线不巩固，并不是铜墙铁壁。
经典引文
We have made our country a bastion of the new era.
出自：A. KoestlerWe are the true bastion against the communists.
出自：G. Greene
- stronghold要塞
- mainstay主要支持
- support支持
- defender防卫者
- supporter支持者
- entrenchment掘壕沟
- citadel城堡
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bastion, ['bstiən] n （可扩大射击范围的） 堡垒，工事＝stronghold 【例】You are a bastion of strength 你是一座有力的堡垒a bastion of iron 铜墙铁壁 【记】basement中的ment读：闷他。在地下室里很闷。basti
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