entrenched
UKUS
TOEFLC2
释义
adj.
Firmly established and very difficult to change.
根深蒂固的,牢固确立的。
词根拆分
词根派生entrench 的过去分词,如今作为独立形容词使用。把某物想象成像壕沟里的士兵一样「挖进去了」:entrenched belief 是扎得太深、撼不动的信念。远比动词原形常用。
词根 trench 还连着 4 个词常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
Gender inequality remains deeply entrenched in many workplaces.
性别不平等在许多职场中依然根深蒂固。
- 2.
It is hard to change such firmly entrenched attitudes.
要改变如此根深蒂固的态度很难。
- 3.
The party's entrenched leadership resisted every reform.
该党盘踞已久的领导层抵制一切改革。