| 单词 | heartland |
| 释义 | heartland (hɑːʳtlænd ) Word forms: heartlands 1. countable noun [oft adjective NOUN] Journalists use heartland or heartlands to refer to the area or region where a particular set of activities or beliefs is most significant. ...his six-day bus tour around the industrial heartland of America. [+ of] Worst-hit areas were Tory heartlands in London and the South-East. ...the heartlands of the service industries. 2. countable noun The most central area of a country or continent can be referred to as its heartland or heartlands. [written] We then headed west towards the heartland of Poland. For many, the essence of French living is to be found in the rural heartlands. Collocations: industrial heartland This is particularly true of the nations and regions remote from England's commercial and industrial heartland. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The Midlands is the industrial heartland of Britain. Times, Sunday Times (2016) THE plains of northern Italy are the country 's economic powerhouse and industrial heartland. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Translations: Chinese: 中心区域某活动或信仰占优势的 Japanese: 中心地 |
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