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

• Microsoft's campus in Fargo is the technology giant's second-largest one outside of its home base in Redmond, Washington.
  法高的微软校园是这个技术巨头在华盛顿雷德蒙外第二大技术基地。
• A typical search progressed around a home base, or a landmark, to which a student would return to continue the search.
  一个主题索引进行方式是像一个本垒或是一个显而易见的地标，学生可以回到这边并继续搜寻。
• They use their apartment in New York as a home base from which they travel frequently.
  他们把纽约的公寓作为他们频繁出行的大本营。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• It might not be your home base or part of your largest plan, but buy it now while you can.
  这可能不是你的基地或者你最大计划的一部分，但是当你可以的时候买下它。
• 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。
• 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。