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

• 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。
• "Our international education sector is world class, and the reforms announced today will help entrench Australia as a preferred destination for international students," Senator Evans said.
  “我们的国际教育院校是世界一流的，今天宣布的改革措施将有助于国际学生将澳大利亚作为留学首选目的国。”埃文斯参议员说。
• 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。
• Furthermore, the establishment of the correspondence relationship of the bottom image feature and the higher emotional semantic have been put forward in a standard high leval to entrench the emotional semantic recognition mechanism.
  从标准的高度创新性地提出了应建立图像底层特征与高层情感语义之间的对应关系，进而建立情感语义识别机制。
• Don't entrench upon the rights of another.
  不要侵害他人的权利。
• But if it wants to entrench itself as a permanent entertainment fixture, Rovio will have to bet the company on something more than a single set of characters.
  但假如Rovio想成为娱乐行业的常青树，它还需要除了这些小鸟以外的产品作为支撑。
• Nokia is hoping its strategy will entrench Symbian as the dominant mobile operating system for smartphones.
  诺基亚希望它的战略能够牢固树立symbian作为智能手机主要移动操作系统的地位。
• Indeed, it could entrench certain people's view of themselves as anti-Western outsiders.
  它的确会让某种人树立这么一种信念，认为自己就是反西方的局外人。
• 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。
• But Marxist was not limited to their theory framework, it is to entrench himself in the theory itself.
  但是马克思并不局限于他们的理论框架之中，而是将自己的理论深深扎根于人这个实际的个体上。