根拠地

こんきょち
base (of operations)

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こんきょち【根拠地】

*base

〖C〗〔軍〕基地， 根拠地；(事業などの)本部， 本拠

**station

〖C〗〔軍〕駐屯地；(軍艦の)根拠地， 停泊所.

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こんきょち【根拠地】

a base (of operations); an operational base; a base camp; (a) headquarters; a stronghold. [⇒きち⁴]

●われわれはカトマンズを根拠地として登山隊を編成した. We got together a climbing expedition, with Kathmandu as our base. | We set up a base camp at Kathmandu and prepared for the climb.

・彼は島原半島の口之津を布教の根拠地と定めた. He established Kuchinotsu on the Shimabara peninsula as his base for proselytization.

・毛沢東は延安を根拠地として共産革命を起こした. Mao Zedong set up a base camp at Yanan and started the Communist revolution from there.

●根拠地を設ける establish [set up] a base.