entrenched
adjective
mainlydisapprovinguk/ɪnˈtrentʃt/us/ɪnˈtrentʃt/Entrenchedideasare sofixedor haveexistedfor solongthat they cannot bechanged:
牢固确立的;根深蒂固的;积重难返的It's verydifficulttochangeattitudesthat havebecomesodeeplyentrenched over theyears.改变多年以来形成的根深蒂固的旧看法是很困难的。
Theorganizationwas oftencriticizedfor being too entrenchedinitsviews.这个组织死守着自己的观点不变,因此常常受到批评。
staying the same
- constantCheck to make sure your oven maintains a constant temperature.
- the sameYou look exactly the same as you did ten years ago!
- same old same oldThe Italian restaurant is under new management, but it's just the same old same old.
- unchangingHis novel is about the unchanging nature of humanity.
- unchangeableThe company's position on the matter is absolute and unchangeable.
Not able to be changed
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spotsidiom
- be no hard and fast rulesidiom
- burnyourboats/bridgesidiom
- congenital
- continuity
- deep-seated
- incurably
- inelastic
- inelasticity
- inflexible
- ingrain
- irreversibly
- irrevocable
- irrevocably
- leopard
- unalterable
- unchangeable
- uncompromising
- uncompromisingly
- unredeemable