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a group of people or a system that protects a way of life or a belief when it seems that it may disappear 堡垒；捍卫者 a bastion of male privilege 大男子主义的堡垒 a bastion of freedom 捍卫自由的堡垒
a place that military forces are defending 堡垒；防御工事 Singapore was the last bastion of British defences in South-East Asia. 新加坡是英国在东南亚最后的防御堡垒。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, from Italian bastione, from bastire ‘build’.