entrench

entrenchentrenchD.J.:[inˈtrentʃ]K.K.:[ɛnˈtrɛntʃ]vt.1.用壕沟围绕或保护…2.牢固地确立…

entrench[in'trentʃ]vt.1.确保(地位等),确立,使(自己)处于有力(或牢固、稳固)地位;使盘踞;牢固树立[用于被动语态或与反身代词连用]:an official entrenched in office确保职位的官员safely entrenched behind undeniable facts因以无可否认的事实为后盾而安全地处于有力的地位2.挖壕沟防护(自己、阵地等),以壕沟围住(或防御);置…于壕沟里:Our soldiers were strongly entrenched on the river bank.我们的战士们固守在河堤壕沟中。3.(挖)掘,挖(壕沟);(因侵蚀等)使…成沟状:be entrenched with streams被溪流冲蚀成道道壕沟4.保证(法律规定的权利等):a constitutionally entrenched Bill of Rights由宪法保障的《权利法案》vi.1.挖掘壕沟;进入壕沟2.侵犯;侵占(on 或 upon):to entrench on the domain or rights of another侵占他人领地或侵犯他人权利3.[古语]接近于…,近于…;在…边缘(on 或 upon)[亦作 intrench]

entrenchentrench[inˈtrentʃ]vt.1.用壕沟防护, 在...围以壕沟2.使盘踞, 固守, 牢固树立; 使处于有力地位3.挖壕,掘,深挖entrenched by long tradition由悠久传统所确立entrenched within tradition墨守成规[惯例]
词性变化entrench[inˈtrentʃ]vi.1.侵犯, 侵占2.[古]接近(on, upon)

继承用法entrenchern.entrenchment[ɪnˈtrentʃmənt]n.1.掘壕沟, 筑垒2.壕沟, 堡垒, 阵地3.保护4.[古]侵犯
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