N-COUNT 贸易站;前哨基地;(设在国外的)军事基地 An outpost is a small group of buildings used for trading or military purposes, either in a distant part of your own country or in a foreign country. 贸易站;前哨基地;(设在国外的)军事基地 [Also + of]
...a remote mountain outpost, linked to the outside world by the poorest of roads.