entrenched

Definitions

The past participle of entrench, now used as an adjective in its own right. Picture something 'dug in' like a soldier in a trench: an entrenched belief is one fixed so deep it won't move. Far more common than the bare verb.

Common Collocations

• 1.deeply entrenched根深蒂固
• 2.firmly entrenched牢固确立
• 3.entrenched interests既得利益
• 4.entrenched in在……中根深蒂固

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Gender inequality remains deeply entrenched in many workplaces.

• 2.

  It is hard to change such firmly entrenched attitudes.

• 3.

  The party's entrenched leadership resisted every reform.