1N-COUNT [oft adjective NOUN](某活动或信仰占优势的)中心区域,核心地区 Journalists use heartland or heartlands to refer to the area or region where a particular set of activities or beliefs is most significant. (某活动或信仰占优势的)中心区域,核心地区
...his six-day bus tour around the industrial heartland of America. [+ of]
他在美国工业中心区域的大巴6日游
Worst-hit areas were Tory heartlands in London and the South-East.
受影响最严重的是伦敦及英国东南部的保守党核心势力地区。
...the heartlands of the service industries.
服务业的中心地区
2N-COUNT (国家或大陆的)心脏地带,腹地 The most central area of a country or continent can be referred to as its heartland or heartlands. (国家或大陆的)心脏地带,腹地 [written]
We then headed west towards the heartland of Poland.
我们随后朝西前往波兰中部。
For many, the essence of French living is to be found in the rural heartlands.