bastion

🇺🇸 /ˈbæstʃən/ 🇬🇧 /ˈbæstiən/
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noun
R

A bastion is a strong support or defender of something, like a belief or way of life, that is under threat.

The school is a bastion of traditional values.

学校は伝統的な価値観の砦です。

R

A bastion is also a fortified position or stronghold that soldiers defend during a battle.

The castle served as a bastion against the enemy invasion.

城は敵の侵略に対して砦として機能しました。

translation

n. 砦

語形変化

Plural bastions