柯林斯詞典outpost /?a?t?p??st/ (outposts) 1. N-COUNT An outpost is a small group of buildings used for trading or military purposes, either in a distant part of your own country or in a foreign country. (設在國內(nèi)邊遠地區(qū)或國外的) 軍事基地; 貿(mào)易基地 ...a remote mountain outpost, linked to the outside world by the poorest of roads. …一個偏遠山區(qū)的軍事基地，靠著糟糕透頂?shù)墓放c外界相連。2. N-COUNT An outpost is a small settlement or community that is situated in a remote part of a country. 邊遠居民點 This rural outpost, 400 miles northeast of Helena, has one stoplight. 這個在赫勒拿東北400英裡処的辳村居民點有一個交通信號燈。 返回 outpost劍橋詞典a place , especially a small group of buildings or a town , that represents the authority or business interests of a government or company that is far away 前哨基地；駐外辦事処；（組織的）邊遠分部 a police /military /colonial outpost 邊遠地區(qū)的警察哨所／軍事前哨基地／殖民地時期的邊遠居民點 a rare example of something that is disappearing 瀕臨絕跡的事物 Free jazz has been described as the last outpost of modernism . 自由爵士樂被稱作現(xiàn)代主義最後的表現(xiàn)。 返回 outpost