entrench

[US]/ɪn'tren(t)ʃ/
[UK]/ɪn'trɛntʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 用壕沟围绕或保护…牢固地确立
n. 壕沟;防御设施
Word Forms
过去式entrenched
第三人称单数entrenches
过去分词entrenched
现在分词entrenching
复数entrenches

Phrases & Collocations

deeply entrench

深深根植

entrench in tradition

深植传统

Example Sentences

ageism is entrenched in our society.

年龄歧视在我们的社会里根深蒂固。

the inertia of an entrenched bureaucracy.

平稳的官僚机构内存在的惰性

entrenched by long tradition

由悠久传统所确立

ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society.

年龄歧视在我们的社会中非常普遍而且根深蒂固。

The troops were entrenched near the mountains.

部队在群山边筑起壕沟以防卫自己。

He entrenched himself behind his newspaper.

他躲在报纸后面。

arguments that only entrench you more firmly in error.

那些只能使你更加坚持错误的争辩

by 1947 de Gaulle's political opponents were firmly entrenched in power.

到1947年,戴高乐的政治对手们已大权在握。

Television seems to be firmly entrenched as the number one medium for national advertising.

电视看来要在全国广告媒介中牢固地占据头等位置。

But if the managers" stockholding ratio is more than or equal to 32.88%, the increasement of the managers" stockholding may raise the agent costs and entrench upon external stockholders.

而如果管理层持股比率大于32.88%,这时增加管理层持股比率会增加公司的代理成本,导致管理层对外部股东的利益侵占。

If the enemy dares to attack us in these entrenched positions,we will make short work of them.

如果敌人胆敢进攻我们固守的阵地,我们就消灭他们。

"Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka (1954), African American and white supporters attempted to end entrenched segregationist practices."

随着美国最高法院对「布朗对托皮卡教育局案」(1954)的裁决,美国黑人和白人支持者企图结束固有的隔离措施。

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