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But even in Europe's most socialised bastions , hospices tend to be privately or charitably funded, at least in part.

但即便是在欧洲社会化程度最高的国家，临终关怀机构的资金也更多地来自私营或是慈善机构。

Third, Mr Sarkozy is ready to confront France's bastions of conservatism.

第三，萨科齐先生准备好面对法国保守主义的堡垒。

These places tend to be much more affordable than they would be in North America, but they are still bastions of luxury.

虽然在亚洲住五星级酒店的花销要比在北美时便宜得多，但它们仍是奢侈的温床。

The new universities are real enough, though they remain middle-class bastions: very few of China's poorer citizens get a look-in.

新建大学的确够多了，但是它们仍然是穷人难以企及的殿堂，只有非常少的中国穷人有机会进入大学学习。

Abbreviations may thus be one of the last bastions for language purists , leaving some people to wonder , will 'CCTV' be next ?

因而，缩写词可能是汉语纯净论者要攻克的最后一个堡垒。或许有人会想，下一个就该轮到“CCTV”了吧？。

Today, the cosmetics, confections, and liquor industries are the last bastions of the format.

今天，化妆品，糖果，酒行业的最后堡垒的格式。

SIEMENS and Philips are bastions of European business that have been global since the 19th century.

欧洲两大商业堡垒，西门子和飞利浦，早在19世纪就已走出国门。

Even in its finest bastions, Catholic England does not feel a place grown arrogant on a diet of unfettered power.

即使是在最坚固的堡垒中，英格兰的天主教也没有感到在不受约束的权力之下，有一处地方可以让自己枉自尊大。

Seen as easier to defend than smaller bastions nearby, both forts had been hastily garrisoned early in the secession crisis.

由于认为比附近其它更小的堡垒容易防守，因此在这场分裂国家的危机的早期，这两个要塞都匆忙驻扎了军队。

America's suburbs used to be bastions of Republicanism.

美国的郊区常是共和党阵地。

The monument is called " the dam" , the monument clearly stamped with "to build military iron bastions, " the eight Chinese characters.

该碑叫“军民坝”，碑上清晰地刻有“军民共建，铜墙铁壁”八个大字。

They are one of the last bastions for the ultra-cautious.

他们是过度谨慎者最后的堡垒之一。

My prospects dissolved, and from these mirages emerged barriers, bastions I had never recognized.

我的前途一片渺茫，而从这些海市蜃楼里萌发的就只有我从来都不曾意识到的屏障和堡垒。

During the entire fortress history, not a single shot was done from its bastions.

在该堡垒的整个历史中，没有一发子弹是从堡垒里发射出去的。

Yet some supposedly Friedmanite bastions went wobbly, with Britain scoring 43% and Friedman's own homeland, the United States, 56%.

然而，一些被认为是弗里德曼货币学派支持者的堡垒开始摇晃：英国是43%，美国（弗里德曼自己的祖国）56%。

The two bastions of control have always worked together but managed to keep their connection secret from mankind.

这两座控制的堡垒总是在一起工作，但是巧妙的隐藏了起来，作为秘密而不让人类知道。

The last bastions of privilege are crumbling, announced the speaker.

演讲者宣称`特权制度的最后一个堡垒正在崩溃。

These clubs are the last bastions of male privilege.

这些俱乐部是男性特权的最后堡垒。

Many Asian countries remain bastions of protectionism in their agricultural and food markets.

许多亚洲国家仍是农产品和食品市场的保护主义坚固堡垒。

Instead today, these bastions of luxury are swamped by hordes who have an abundance of money but lack class.

而如今这些豪华的场所则充斥著一大批有钱没气质的傢伙。