outpost [ˈaʊtpoʊst]

例句:

• Britain was considered a far-flung outpost of little value.
  来自BBC
• The shuttle arrived at the orbiting outpost last Sunday.
  来自VOA
• the last outpost of civilization
  文明的边缘地区
  
• Some soldiers waited at an outpost deep in the forest.
  一些士兵在森林深处的一个前哨基地等候.
  
• That little store was the last outpost for motorists before they entered the desert.
  那个小商店是乘汽车旅行的人们进入沙漠之前的最后一个居民点.
  
• A small African outpost on the edge of...Northern Bechuanaland.
  来自L. van der Post