N-COUNT 堡壘(指固守一種生活方式等的體制或組織) If a system or organization is described as a bastion of a particular way of life, it is seen as being important and effective in defending that way of life. Bastion can be used both when you think that this way of life should be ended and when you think it should be defended. 堡壘(指固守一種生活方式等的體制或組織) [formal]
...a town which had been a bastion of white prejudice. [+ of]