1 N-COUNT [oft adjective NOUN] （某活动或信仰占优势的）中心区域，核心地区 Journalists use heartland or heartlands to refer to the area or region where a particular set of activities or beliefs is most significant. （某活动或信仰占优势的）中心区域，核心地区
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...his six-day bus tour around the industrial heartland of America. [+ of]
他在美国工业中心区域的大巴6日游
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Worst-hit areas were Tory heartlands in London and the South-East.
受影响最严重的是伦敦及英国东南部的保守党核心势力地区。
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...the heartlands of the service industries.
服务业的中心地区
2 N-COUNT （国家或大陆的）心脏地带，腹地 The most central area of a country or continent can be referred to as its heartland or heartlands. （国家或大陆的）心脏地带，腹地 [written]
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We then headed west towards the heartland of Poland.
我们随后朝西前往波兰中部。
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For many, the essence of French living is to be found in the rural heartlands.
对很多人来说，深入乡村腹地才能体验到真正的法国生活。
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