单词	heartland
释义	heartland /ˈhɑːtland / noun (also heartlands) 1The central or most important part of a country, area, or field of activity: wildlife sites in the heartland of Russia... The 2003 challenge in areas ranging from urban heartlands to rural outposts attracted record entries of almost 100. Carty's work had taken him to many homes throughout the rural heartlands of the electoral area over many years. Africans tended to retain reserves in the heartlands of their old, conquered chiefdoms - the areas most suitable for their systems of agricultural and pastoral production. 1.1The centre of support for a belief or movement: the heartland of the rebel cause... The Liberal Democrats are to make a dramatic move to seize support in Labour's heartlands by proposing that all charges for NHS care be scrapped. This is an area that includes Tory heartlands and very rundown areas. Party insiders admit the party will struggle to hold on to its heartlands in areas like Birmingham and Tyneside. Rhymes Cartland
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