| 释义 |
outpost
UK ['aʊt.pəʊst] US [-poʊst] noun countable
■a place, especially a small group of buildings or a town, which keeps going the authority or business interests of a government or company that is far away 前哨基地；驻外办事处；（组织的）边远分部•a police/military/colonial outpost边远地区的员警哨所／军事前哨基地／殖民地时期的边远居民点 ■a rare example of something that is disappearing 濒临绝迹的事物•Free jazz has been described as the last outpost of modernism.自由爵士乐被称为现代主义最后的表现。 |