home base

英 [ˌhəʊm ˈbeɪs]

美 [ˌhoʊm ˈbeɪs]

n.  基地; 大本营

牛津词典

noun

noun

• 基地；大本营
  the place where sb/sth usually lives, works or operates from

英英释义

noun

• (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise
  1. many companies have their headquarters in New York
  Synonym:headquarterscentral officemain officehome office
• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands
  1. he ruled that the runner failed to touch home
  Synonym:home platehomeplate

双语例句

• You seem to have been working overseas or with people based at a far distance for some time, and now you may find yourself traveling again, this time quite far from your home base.
  现在你会发现你自己又将去旅行，这次将会是离你的家很远的地方。很好。
• The company has moved about halfway to that level in response to the economic slowdown, but the latest plan envisions a bigger, more permanent shift away from its home base.
  为应对经济放缓，该公司已向这一目标前进了一半，但最新计划预示着，该公司将会加大步伐且更永久性地将生产基地从国内转移到海外。
• Space shuttle Endeavour returns to its home base two weeks after landing back on earth.
  美国“奋进”号航天飞机在着陆回到地球两周之后返回了总部。
• The rural area is not only the home base and production base of the peasants, but also the main food production base of the people and the economic base of the state.
  农村不仅是农民生活和生产的基地，也是人们食物的主要生产基地及国家经济存在的基地。
• The team camps are normally held in a location away from their home base, which gives the employees a getaway from business to focus on teamwork and core values.
  团队拓展营通常在远离公司总部的地方举行，这样可以使员工暂时放下自己的工作，全身心投入到团队合作和核心价值当中。
• He tried to phone the family, to touch home base, share the feeling, but couldn't get through.
  他试着给家里打电话，和家人取得联系，分享这一感觉，但打不通。
• A movable screen placed behind home base to catch balls during batting practice.
  进行击球练习时放在本垒后抓球的移动球门。
• Ordinary residence-you have made your permanent home base here for the last three years and have had valid immigration permits for all of that time.
  普通居留&你在最近的三年在那里拥有永久性的房屋，并且在这段时间拥有合法移民许可。
• Now Icecrown Citadel, the cornerstone of the Scourge's power and the home base of the Lich King, is their final target.
  如今，冰冠要塞，天灾力量的基石和巫妖王的根据地，是他们最终的目标。
• To most people, such a home base, in the literal sense, needs more than one person for sustenance and in generational extension.
  对于大多数人而言，这样的一个家庭基础，即使从其表层意义上来讲，也需要不止一个人来维持其存在，并使其时代相传，生生不息。