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Entrench Entrenched Tent Don’t Spy Difficult   [V 英

英语单词 entrench
英美音标 英 [ɪn'trentʃ] 美 [ɪn'trentʃ]
中文释义 v.以壕沟防护;(牢固地)确立;侵犯
英语例句 (1) The enemy were strongly entrenched on the other side of the river.
(2) She is entrenched in her right-wing views.
(3) They entrench themselves behind undeniable facts.
中文例句 (1) 敌军在河的对岸用坚固的壕沟防守。
(2) 她的右翼观点根深蒂固。
(3) 他们在无可否认的事实后面固守着自己。
vocabulary简明 To entrench is to secure something firmly. Entrench a tent pole in the ground so your tent doesn't fly away, or entrench yourself at your new job so you don’t get fired.
vocabulary扩展 Dig a little and see that entrench is from en meaning “in” and trench is from the Old French word trenche for "ditch,” just like the kind soldiers hide in. You don’t have to be a soldier to entrench, though — anytime a person or thing is securely inside something, it’s entrenched. If you entrench a swing set in your yard, it's solid. If a government entrenches a spy in another country, that spy blends right in.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]使(权力、习俗、观念等)根深蒂固 If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it.
  [V n]
  [V pron-refl]
  • ...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。

entrenched
  • The recession remains deeply entrenched.

    经济颓势依旧毫无松动。

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