柯林斯詞典entrench /?n?tr?nt?/ (entrenching,entrenched,entrenches) 1. V-T If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it. 鞏固 ...a series of measures designed to entrench democracy and the rule of law. …一系列旨在鞏固民主和法制的擧措。2. entrenchedADJ 鞏固的 The recession remains deeply entrenched. 經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退仍然根深蒂固。 返回 entrench劍橋詞典to firmly establish something, especially an idea or a problem , so that it cannot be changed 使処於牢固地位，使根深蒂固，牢固確立（尤指觀唸、問題） The government's main task was to prevent inflation from entrenching itself . 政府的主要任務(wù)是防止通貨膨脹問題積重難返。 返回 entrench