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词汇 citadel
释义 citadel
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈsɪt.ə.del/ us /ˈsɪt̬.ə.del/

citadelnoun[C] (BUILDING)


a strong castle in or near a city, where people can shelter from danger, especially during a war: 城堡;堡垒,要塞
The town has a 14th century citadel overlooking the river.镇上有座14世纪的城堡俯瞰着河面。
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Fortifications
acropolis
barricade
bastion
battlements
castle
drawbridge
earthwork
enceinte
entanglement
fort
machicolation
Martello tower
moat
moated
motte
pillbox
stockade
storm cellar
stronghold
turret

citadelnoun[C] (ORGANIZATION)


literary
a powerful organization in which finding a job is difficult for someone who does not know people who work there: (难以进入的)排外组织
At the age of 32, she managed to enter one of the citadels of high fashion.32岁时,她成功进入了一个有着强烈排外情结的高端时装设计圈。
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fintech
firm
org
organizational
organizationally
parent company
partner up
wholly-owned
zombie company

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The same ignorance is to be found in even more enlightened citadels.
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Go north and see the gutted fortresses of what once were great citadels of old success.
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The pools of unemployment are lapping around citadels of industrial power.
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Nowadays it is a less plausible alliance—the television entrepreneurs, safely entrenched in their citadels of power but hand in hand with the industry's creative people.
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Steel and insurance are the citadels of twentieth century power, and no society moving towards a planned economy can afford to concede autonomy to two such giants within its ranks.
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I was not clear whether he wanted the field of secondary education to be completely free or whether he wanted to maintain certain citadels of privilege.
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I am also glad that it is intended to clear up some of the so-called trade unions and banks which have been citadels of illicit arms and subversive organisatons.
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Certain buildings found in citadels having a central room, the "megaron", of oblong shape surrounded by small rooms may have served as places of worship.
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In 1850, due to the political situation and the diminution of the citadel's defensive role, the fortification is abandoned, becoming a ruin.
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Citadels allow "wizards", a type of region improvement, to be played.
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However, citadels may not to be built next to each other: there must be a settlement or city between citadels.
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In fear, some citadels banished the mensch to the jungle.
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The regime built a series of major citadels and minor forts at immense cost.
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The citadels in the respective cities directly administered their military defense zones.
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Besides the citadels, there are also isolated forts that undoubtedly served to militarily control territory.
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