| 单词 | entrenchment |
| 释义 | entrenchment (once / 4491 pages) n WORD FAMILY entrenchment: entrenchments+/entrench: entrenched, entrenches, entrenching, entrenchment/retrench: retrenched, retrenches, retrenching, retrenchment/retrenchment: retrenchments/trench: entrench, retrench, trenched, trencher, trenches, trenching/trencher: trenchers USAGE EXAMPLESWhen they lapsed, there were reports of “gallant troops” who “fought gamely” in a “battle royal” by means of “raids on entrenchments.” New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Many Turks continue to resist the strongman’s entrenchment and will vote no in a referendum likely to be held early next year. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) The chief downside of the founding fathers’ “art of the compromise,” of course, was the institutional, legal, and constitutional entrenchment of slavery. Slate(Nov 07, 2016) n an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches Syn|Hypo|Hyper intrenchment retrenchment entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense fortification, munition defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it |
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