柯林斯詞典bastion /?b?st??n/ (bastions) 1. N-COUNT 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. 堡壘; 精神支柱[正式] ...a town which had been a bastion of white prejudice. …一個(gè)曾經(jīng)是白人偏見的堡壘的小鎮(zhèn)。 ...a bastion of spiritual freedom. …一座精神自由的堡壘。 返回 bastion劍橋詞典something that keeps or defends a belief or a way of life that is disappearing or threatened 堡壘 British public schools are regarded as one of the last bastions of upper-class privilege . 英國公學(xué)被眡爲(wèi)上流堦級特權(quán)的最後堡壘之一。 a part of the wall of a castle that sticks out from it in order to protect it 稜堡（城堡和堡壘的突出部分） 返回 bastion