entrench
英 [?n'tren(t)?; en-]
美[?n'tr?nt?]
- vt. 確立，牢固；用壕溝圍住；挖掘
- vi. 侵犯；挖掘壕溝
GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?entrenches;過去式:?entrenched;過去分詞:?entrenched;現在分詞:?entrenching;
中文詞源
entrench 牢固樹立
en-, 進入，使。-trench, 砍，切，詞源同trench, truncate. 即切進去，牢固樹立。
英文詞源
- entrench (v.)
- also intrench, 1550s, implied in intrenched, from en- (1) "make, put in" + trench (n.). Figurative use is from 1590s. Related: Entrenched; entrenching.
雙語例句
- 1. To hold on stubbornly, as to a position; entrench oneself.
- 固執地堅持立場; 穩固自己的地位.
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- 2. Indeed, it could entrench certain people's view of themselves as anti - Western outsiders.
- 它的確會讓某種人樹立這么一種信念,認為自己就是 反 西方的局外人.
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- 3. Will the economic crisis force change, or entrench privilege?
- 經濟危機會推動改變, 還是保護特權?
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- 4. A new year looks sure entrench old resentments.
- 新的一年看起來會讓不滿持續下去.
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- 5. They entrench themselves behind undeniable facts.
- 他們在無可否認的事實后面固守著自己.
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