单词 | entrenchment |
释义 | entrenchment From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Defenceentrenchmenten‧trench‧ment /ɪnˈtrentʃmənt/ noun1 [uncountable]CHANGE YOUR MIND when an attitude, belief etc becomes firmly established2 [countable]PMD a system of trenches (=long deep holes) dug by soldiers for defence or protectionExamples from the Corpusentrenchment• As the banks were rather steep the defenders spent several days cutting entrenchments and embrasures in expectation of battle.• The foot were also responsible for entrenchments and for engineering works associated with sieges.• The dogmatic resistance to entrenchment would raise its arid and pedantic head. |
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