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
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- Sexism is deeply entrenched in our society.
性别歧视在我们这个社会根深蒂固。 - entrenched attitudes/interests/opposition
顽固的态度;固有的利益团体;顽固的反对
- Sexism is deeply entrenched in our society.
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.- ...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 - 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。
- ...a series of measures designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law...
英英释义
verb
- fix firmly or securely
- occupy a trench or secured area
- The troops dug in for the night
- impinge or infringe upon
- This impinges on my rights as an individual
- This matter entrenches on other domains
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - To beef up and entrench a military alliance targeted at a third party is not conducive to maintaining common security.
强化针对第三方的军事同盟不利于维护地区共同安全。 - Better to strike out than to entrench oneself in defence.
与其固守,毋宁出击。 - 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。 - The Blairite view that design flaws in the provision of welfare and public service entrench inequality and hold back the disadvantaged is basically valid.
布莱尔主义认为,福利和公共服务体系的设计缺陷,强化了社会不平等,阻碍了弱势群体的进步与发展。这种观点基本上是正确的。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - There is widespread investor concern about increasing use of poison pills, a rise in cross-shareholdings that entrench management, and a disregard for shareholder rights.
投资者普遍担忧,“毒丸计划”的使用次数不断增加,保护管理层的交叉持股现象增多,以及无视股东利益的行为。