the central part of a country or an area (国家或地区的)腹地,中心区域 the great Russian heartlands 广袤的俄罗斯中心地带
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- agricultural
- industrial
- Conservative
- …
- in a/the heartland
an area that is important for a particular activity or political party (活动或政党的)重要场所,核心区域 the industrial heartland of Germany 德国的工业中心区 the traditional Tory heartland of Britain’s boardrooms 保守党的传统领地:英国的各董事会 The party has lost seats in its traditional heartland of southern Thailand. 该党在泰国南部这一传统势力范围已经失去了一些席位。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- agricultural
- industrial
- Conservative
- …
- in a/the heartland