| 词汇 | entrenching |
| 释义 | entrenching present participle ofentrench entrench verb[ T ] mainly disapprovinguk /ɪnˈtrentʃ/ us /ɪnˈtrentʃ/ to firmly establish something, especially an idea or a problem, so that it cannot be changed: 使处于牢固地位，使根深蒂固，牢固确立（尤指观念、问题） The government's main task was to prevent inflation from entrenching itself.政府的主要任务是防止通货膨胀问题积重难返。 Not able to be changed be no hard and fast rulesidiom burn your boats/bridgesidiom congenital continuity deep-seated incorrigible incurably inelastic inelasticity inflexible irreversible irreversibly irrevocable irrevocably leopard unalterable unchangeable uncompromising uncompromisingly unredeemable Examples of entrenchingentrenching In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The antagonisms have been crystallised and a pattern entrenching conflict between the two groups has been perpetuated. These limit the degree of presidency-induced change by entrenching opposition to presidential direction. The fact that the conflict is pattern entrenching does not mean that loyalties do not sometimes cut across the ethnic divide. The cultural task of selling had much more to do with entrenching hierarchies, reinforcing hegemonic assumptions, and bolstering expectations of coherence. This process of entrenching democratic values is often determined or measured by a number of competing and sometimes complementary approaches. Thirdly, if constitutionally entrenching any procedure is undemocratic and therefore unacceptable, it logically follows that there should be no constitution at all. It is therefore far from clear that entrenching a particular procedure amounts to entrenching a substantive view of rights. Not only do the various conflicts follow a pattern : they are reproducing and entrenching the pattern as they are played out. Fitting well with these other stratagems, the entrenching of a corporate atmosphere entailed a cultural centralization. They were short of ammunition, short of barbed wire, short of entrenching tools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no opportunity of testing whether automobiles could be used for the actual supply of ammunition, water, and entrenching tools to the firing line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Two panniers for entrenching tools and three saddle blankets were not forthcoming. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have to break down the barriers rather than entrenching them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the entrenching of code conditions in journalists' contracts of employment is an improvement, but it should be made universal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Came the outbreak of the war and there was no barbed wire, no entrenching equipment, and few armoured fighting vehicles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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