entrench
英 [?n'tren(t)?; en-]
美[?n'tr?nt?]
- vt. 确立，牢固；用壕沟围住；挖掘
- vi. 侵犯；挖掘壕沟
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第三人称单数:?entrenches;过去式:?entrenched;过去分词:?entrenched;现在分词:?entrenching;
中文词源
entrench 牢固树立
en-, 进入，使。-trench, 砍，切，词源同trench, truncate. 即切进去，牢固树立。
英文词源
- entrench (v.)
- also intrench, 1550s, implied in intrenched, from en- (1) "make, put in" + trench (n.). Figurative use is from 1590s. Related: Entrenched; entrenching.
双语例句
- 1. To hold on stubbornly, as to a position; entrench oneself.
- 固执地坚持立场; 稳固自己的地位.
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- 2. 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.
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- 3. Will the economic crisis force change, or entrench privilege?
- 经济危机会推动改变, 还是保护特权?
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- 4. A new year looks sure entrench old resentments.
- 新的一年看起来会让不满持续下去.
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- 5. They entrench themselves behind undeniable facts.
- 他们在无可否认的事实后面固守著自己.
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