outpost
n. 前哨;警戒部队;边区村落
复数 outposts
例句
It towered above the older buildings like a citadel, which indeed it was, the outpost of a new age, perhaps a new civilization, perhaps a new barbarism.
它屹立在古老的建筑之上,像一座城堡,也的确是一个新时代的前哨,这种前哨可能意味着一种新文明,也可能是一种新野蛮。