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单词 entrenchment
释义
entrenchment
noun[U]
mainlydisapproving
uk
/ɪnˈtrentʃ.mənt/us
/ɪnˈtrentʃ.mənt/
theprocessby whichideasbecomefixedand cannot bechanged:
牢固确立；根深蒂固；积重难返
There has been ashiftinopinionon theissueafter adecadeof entrenchment.对这个问题人们曾囿于成见10年之久，现在终于转变了观点。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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
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(Definition ofentrenchmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofentrenchment

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Thus, there were additional ' progressive ' reasons for opposing the game laws'entrenchmentof wild animals as public property and their removal from the market.
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It is interesting to see if the probabilistic approach generates an epistemicentrenchment.
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Given theentrenchmentof existing organizational procedures, moving in this new direction took time.
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First, this study was designed to eliminate confounding between preemption andentrenchment.
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Every use of a structure has a positive impact on its degree ofentrenchment, whereas extended periods of disuse have a negative impact.
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By definition,entrenchmentis a relative concept; it is not absolute and so cannot be measured on a scale of 0-100%.
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Entrenchmentcan also explain variation in the patterning of the word off in this corpus.
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Entrenchmentis a key tenet of all usage-based models.
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Suchentrenchmentis crucially related to the frequency of the relevant structures in the input.
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Close inspection of the present results, however, does not appear to support theentrenchmentinterpretation of the results.
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Long-term group entrenchments based on race or ethnicity are unlawful, but short-term differentiations may, under certain conditions, be lawful.
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His repudiation of excess desire is hypocritical, for it derives from theentrenchmentof his own inhibitions and his enslavement to them.
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Essentially, the process can be divided into two subprocesses,entrenchmentand preemption.
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This argument is appealing but has the danger of equating democracy-building with theentrenchmentof liberal values.
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The nineteenth century had seen theentrenchmentof the middle classes as a dominant force in the creation of modern society.
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