outpost
noun [ C ] uk/ˈaʊt.pəʊst/ us/ˈaʊt.poʊst/
前哨基地;驻外办事处;（组织的）边远分部
a place, especially a small group of buildings or a town, that represents the authority or business interests of a government or company that is far away
a police/military/colonial outpost 边远地区的警察哨所／军事前哨基地／殖民地时期的边远居民点
濒临绝迹的事物
a rare example of something that is disappearing
Free jazz has been described as the last outpost of modernism. 自由爵士乐被称作现代主义最后的表现。