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A heartland is the central part of a country or region that is seen as the most important, typical, or traditional part of it — often where its main industry, culture, or identity comes from. For example, people call the farming states in the middle of the US 'America's heartland'.
(一個國家或文化的)核心地帶、腹地
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heartlandnoun/ˈhɑːtlənd/
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Synonym of heart (“the seat of the affections or love”).
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Also in the plural form heartlands:
- [R]ound the Pole all three powers lay claim to enormous territories which in fact are largely uninhabited and unexplored: but the balance of power always remains roughly even, and the territory which forms the heartland of each super-state always remains inviolate.
- Israel intercepted a missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv on Wednesday, an unprecedented attack by the militant group that reached deep into the country’s commercial heartlands and marked a new escalatory step in the conflict between the two sides.
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Also in the plural form heartlands:
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Also in the plural form heartlands:
- Those in the HDB [Housing and Development Board] heartland will be able to vote in the airconditioned comfort of their community centres […]
- Take heart, small-time shopkeepers in the heartlands.
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Also in the plural form heartlands:
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Also in the plural form heartlands:
- The home counties are the Conservative heartland.
- We stayed in the heartland of the French wine-growing regions.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。