entrench

• vt. 確立，牢固；用壕溝圍住；挖掘
• vi. 侵犯；挖掘壕溝

en-, 進入，使。-trench, 砍，切，詞源同trench, truncate. 即切進去，牢固樹立。

entrench (v.)

also intrench, 1550s, implied in intrenched, from en- (1) "make, put in" + trench (n.). Figurative use is from 1590s. Related: Entrenched; entrenching.

1. To hold on stubbornly, as to a position; entrench oneself.

固執地堅持立場; 穩固自己的地位.

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2. Indeed, it could entrench certain people's view of themselves as anti - Western outsiders.

它的確會讓某種人樹立這麽一種信念,認為自己就是 反 西方的局外人.

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3. Will the economic crisis force change, or entrench privilege?

經濟危機會推動改變, 還是保護特權?

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4. A new year looks sure entrench old resentments.

新的一年看起來會讓不滿持續下去.

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5. They entrench themselves behind undeniable facts.

他們在無可否認的事實後麵固守著自己.

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