2SGPPMAINthe most important part of a country or area for a particular activity, or the part where a political group has most support 〔国家或地区的〕心脏地带,最重要地区;〔某政党占优势的〕根据地,大本营
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤agricultural, industrial農業/工業中心區域◇the industrial heartland of Germany德國的工業中心區域➤Conservative, Labour, etc.保守黨、工黨等的領地▸➤traditional (especially BrE) 傳統的核心地帶PREPOSITION➤in a/the heartland位於心臟地帶◇The party has lost seats in its traditional heartland of southern Thailand.該黨在泰國南部這一傳統勢力範圍已經失去了一些席位。