bastion

bastión, baluarte

Persona, grupo o lugar que apoya y protege con firmeza una creencia o forma de vida.

En inglés sencillo: A person, group, or place that strongly supports and protects a belief or way of life.

• The town is a bastion of tradition.
• They see the university as a bastion of free thought.
• These villages remain bastions of the old language.

Cómo se usa: a bastion of something (The newspaper became a bastion of independent journalism.)

Sinónimos: stronghold, bulwark

Expresiones frecuentes: bastion of democracy, bastion of tradition, last bastion

baluarte, bastión

Parte de la muralla exterior de una fortaleza que sobresale y ayuda a defenderla.

En inglés sencillo: A part of a fort’s outer wall that sticks out and helps defend it.

• Soldiers guarded the bastion.
• The castle has four stone bastions.
• Cannons fired from the eastern bastion.

Sinónimos: bulwark

Expresiones frecuentes: stone bastion, fortified bastion, castle bastion