stronghold

牙城、拠点

ある集団や考えが特に強い力を持つ、または安全に存続できる場所。

やさしい英語で： A place where a group or idea is especially strong or can survive safely.

• The town is a stronghold of the party.
• These valleys became strongholds for the rebels.
• The island remains a stronghold of traditional farming.

使い方： a stronghold of something (The city is a stronghold of socialist politics.)

類義語： bastion, base

よく使う表現： political stronghold, a rebel stronghold, stronghold of tradition

要塞

攻撃に耐えられるよう、厳重に守られた建物や場所。

やさしい英語で： A strongly protected building or place that can resist an attack.

• The soldiers entered the stronghold.
• Thick walls protected the mountain stronghold.
• Several strongholds fell during the war.

類義語： fortress, fort

よく使う表現： enemy stronghold, fortified stronghold, capture a stronghold, stone stronghold