also heart-land, 1904, first recorded in geo-political writings of English geographer H.J. MacKinder (1861-1947), from heart (n.) in figurative sense "center, core" + land (n.).
雙語例句
1. We then headed west towards the heartland of Poland.
我們隨后朝西前往波蘭中部。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The USA's Middle West is the heartland of the country.
中西部是美國的中心區域.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Despite some countries'oil wealth, the Koran's heartland is relatively poor.
盡管一些國家石油財富巨大, 但《古蘭經》的中心地帶仍相對貧窮.
來自互聯網
4. Donetsk , Mr Yanukovich's hometown, was the industrial heartland of the Union.
而雅魯克維奇先生的家鄉頓涅茨克( Donetsk )就曾是前蘇聯的一個工業中心地帶.
來自互聯網
5. Even attack on Pearl Harbour was remote from the country's heartland.