entrenchment
/ɪnˈtrɛn(t)ʃm(ə)nt/
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American sound/ɪnˈtrɛn(t)ʃm(ə)nt/
ɪnˈtrɛntʃmənt
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ɪn - ˈtrɛntʃmənt -> entrenchment
Myanmar meaning
(n) ခိုင်မာစွာ အမြစ်တွယ်နေမှု၊ တွယ်နေသော အခြေအနေ။ ကတုတ်ကျင်းဖြင့် အကာ အကွယ်ယူခြင်း။
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entrench (also intrench ) /Çn'trentʃ/ v (usu passive)
၁။ ~ oneself/sb/sth (in sth) (sometimes derog ) ခိုင်မာစွာ အမြစ်တွယ်နေသည်။
entrenched ideas/habits
❍ entrenched rights (ie those that are guaranteed by law)
❍ she is deeply/firmly/thoroughly entrenched in her views.
❍ The firm has entrenched itself in the markets of Eastern Europe.
၂။ ကတုတ်ကျင်းဖြင့် အကာအကွယ်ယူသည်။
The enemy was strongly entrenched on the other side of the river.
❏ entrenchment n
၁။ [U] ခိုင်မာစွာ အမြစ်တွယ်နေမှု၊ တွယ်နေသော အခြေအနေ။
၂။ [C] ကတုတ်ကျင်းဖြင့် အကာ အကွယ်ယူခြင်း။
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establish, embed, ensconce, ingrain, root, cement, anchor, break in on, confirm, define, dig in, encroach, fence, fix, fortify, found, ground, hole up, impinge, implant, infix, infringe, install, interfere, interlope, intervene, intrude, invade, lodge, make inroads, plant, protect, seat, set, settle, stick nose into, strengthen, trespass
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