entrenched

英 [ɪnˈtrentʃt]

美 [ɪnˈtrentʃt]

v.  使处于牢固地位; 牢固确立
entrench的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：entrenched　过去式：entrenched　

TOEFL

BNC.14266 / COCA.12651

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.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• established firmly and securely
  1. the entrenched power of the nobility
• dug in

双语例句

• But as these trends have become more entrenched, the backlash has become more fierce.
  但随着这些趋势变得更加根深蒂固，其所激起的反对也变得更加激烈。
• These problems may be entrenched, but they are superable.
  这些问题可能是根深蒂固的，但它们是可以被逾越的。
• Corruption is entrenched and magnifying tensions between economic and religious groups is an easy route to power.
  腐败根深蒂固，而放大经济群体和宗教团体之间的紧张关系，是一条获得权力的捷径。
• But it has become so deeply entrenched in the economy that reform is politically fraught and economically disruptive.
  然而，该体制在经济中已经根深蒂固，要对它加以改革，在政治上势必充满艰险，在经济上还可能引起动荡。
• Without upheaval, deadlock would be entrenched.
  如果没有一场剧变，僵局就将形成。
• Sexism is deeply entrenched in our society.
  性别歧视在我们这个社会根深蒂固。
• And bureaucracy and the culture of back covering were so entrenched that change was impossible.
  官僚作风和掩盖文化非常根深蒂固，改革几乎是不可能的。
• The trouble is that imbalances in China and other Asian surplus countries seem entrenched.
  问题在于，中国和其它亚洲盈余国家的失衡似乎已根深蒂固。
• The subject's sense of safety and morality remain entrenched throughout the experience, however.
  不过，受测人的安全感和道德会在真个体验中纹丝不动。
• 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。