bastion

bastion, rempart

Personne, groupe ou lieu qui défend et protège fermement une croyance ou un mode de vie.

En anglais simple : A person, group, or place that strongly supports and protects a belief or way of life.

• The town is a bastion of tradition.
• They see the university as a bastion of free thought.
• These villages remain bastions of the old language.

Comment l'utiliser : a bastion of something (The newspaper became a bastion of independent journalism.)

Synonymes : stronghold, bulwark

Expressions courantes : bastion of democracy, bastion of tradition, last bastion

bastion

Partie du mur extérieur d’un fort qui avance vers l’extérieur et facilite sa défense.

En anglais simple : A part of a fort’s outer wall that sticks out and helps defend it.

• Soldiers guarded the bastion.
• The castle has four stone bastions.
• Cannons fired from the eastern bastion.

Synonymes : bulwark

Expressions courantes : stone bastion, fortified bastion, castle bastion