Labor unions are a traditional base of support for the Democratic Party.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

That at the base of all societies there has to be a labor system that will support the possibility of Plato.

在所有社会的基础上,必须有一个劳动制度,一个能供柏拉图施展他才华的制度

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

The United States maintains a key logistical military air base outside Bishkek to support NATO operations to fight insurgents in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

His base of support was in southern Kyrgyzstan, where local Uzbeks opposed him.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

Mr.Netanyahu's base of support is among Israelis who fear that an independent Palestinian state might fall to radical Islamist rule and threaten the Jewish State - much like has happened in the Gaza Strip.

VOA: standard.2009.04.09