laager

noun

1. （旧时用马车围成的）临时防御阵地；车阵
   (in the past) a group of wagons that were put into a circle in order to protect people in the middle
   1. They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp.
      他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。
   2. a laager mentality (= one that is not willing to accept new ideas)
      守旧心态

1. As most people here are comfortably off, they are adopting a laager mentality to defend what they've got.
   这儿大多数人生活富裕，他们以防御心理保卫其财产。
2. And while a successful Games would make it seem invincible, one beset by protests and complaints might also serve only to unite party and people in a defensive laager.
   成功的奥运似乎能表明党的无往而不胜，而抗议和抱怨引起的困扰似乎更能将党和民众团结到统一战线上。

noun

1. a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons

   Synonym:    lager