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

• In my case the Greeter custom of favoring the middle name became entrenched, and I have regretted it.
  就我本人而言，对中间名的青睐这一致意者的习惯根深蒂固，我后来后悔了。
• She also found more women entrenched in the non-entertainment serious games sector.
  她也发现，更多的女性扎根在非娱乐的严肃游戏部门。
• Sexism is deeply entrenched in our society.
  性别歧视在我们这个社会根深蒂固。
• Tax-free salaries and comfortable career paths encourage entrenched views and organisations out of step with modern working practices.
  免税工资与舒适的职业道路鼓励了根深蒂固的观点，使国际组织跟不上现代工作实践的步伐。
• The concepts are usually firmly entrenched in the minds of those who have studied general science or chemistry.
  这些概念是在那些研究普通科学或化学的人们头脑中牢固树立的基本概念。
• Can you say what some of these entrenched ideas are?
  你能说说某些这样根深蒂固的观念吗？
• Once those two habits were firmly entrenched, my marathon goal was pretty much on autopilot.
  一旦这两个习惯牢固的树立了，我的马拉松目标就相当好实现了。
• The pursuit of unrealistic returns seems to have entrenched a culture of recklessness.
  为了追求不切实际的回报，金融业形成了一种不顾后果的鲁莽文化。
• In the process, he overhauled one of the most entrenched, straitlaced corporate cultures ever devised by man.
  在此过程中，他闯过了一个人类所发明的最大的壕沟，顽固的企业文化。
• These processes create simplicity and order, but they also become entrenched and self-reinforcing.
  这些制度的建立使工作简单有序，但也同时不断自我强化，变得根深蒂固。