entrench

英 [ɪnˈtrentʃ]

美 [ɪnˈtrentʃ]

v.  使处于牢固地位; 牢固确立

过去分词：entrenched　过去式：entrenched　现在分词：entrenching　第三人称单数：entrenches　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.14184 / COCA.13128

牛津词典

verb

• 使处于牢固地位；牢固确立
  to establish sth very firmly so that it is very difficult to change
  1. Sexism is deeply entrenched in our society.
     性别歧视在我们这个社会根深蒂固。
  2. entrenched attitudes/interests/opposition
     顽固的态度；固有的利益团体；顽固的反对

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使（权力、习俗、观念等）根深蒂固
  If something such as power, a custom, or an ideais entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it.
  1. ...a series of measures designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law...
     旨在巩固民主和法制的一系列措施
  2. These dictators have entrenched themselves politically and are difficult to move.
     这些独裁者在政治上已经站稳了脚跟，很难推翻他们。

英英释义

verb

• fix firmly or securely
  Synonym:intrench
• occupy a trench or secured area
  1. The troops dug in for the night
  Synonym:dig in
• impinge or infringe upon
  1. This impinges on my rights as an individual
  2. This matter entrenches on other domains
  Synonym:impingeencroachtrench

双语例句

• Newly-enfranchised citizens in the Arab world face the task of building institutions to entrench the rule of law.
  阿拉伯世界刚赢得政治权利的公民们，面临着建立制度、巩固法治的任务。
• They see an effort by the west to entrench its advantage.
  它们看到的是西方试图巩固自己的优势。
• Don't entrench upon the rights of another.
  不要侵害他人的权利。
• These dictators have entrenched themselves politically and are difficult to move.
  这些独裁者在政治上已经站稳了脚跟，很难推翻他们。
• In a world of ever more rapid global financial flows, the first policy conclusion is the need to entrench stability in macroeconomic policy.
  在全球流动资金更快速流动的世界，需制定的首要政策是确保宏观经济政策的稳定性。
• These diseases can entrench an individual or a family in poverty because of the inability to work or the cost of medical treatment.
  这些疾病可以使个人或家庭因无法就业或因医疗费用而陷入贫困。
• Better to strike out than to entrench oneself in defence.
  与其固守，毋宁出击。
• A new year looks sure to entrench old resentments.
  新的一年肯定会牢固旧有的悔恨情绪。
• Because controlling shareholders entrench listed companies by some means or other, the corporate value is greatly impaired, the loss of which is ultimately borne by minority shareholders.
  大股东通过各种手段对上市公司进行利益输送，对上市公司造成危害，也损害了中小股东的利益。
• They entrench complex patterns of discrimination among trading partners that are as much a hindrance to liberal trade as a help.
  它们在贸易伙伴之间筑起各种形态复杂的歧视，对于自由贸易的妨碍和帮助一样大。