entrenchment
n. 壕溝,防禦設施
Entrenchments are a series of long deep holes called trenches which are dug for defence by soldiers in war.
Entrenchment means the firm establishment of a system or your own position in a situation.
...the entrenchment of democratic norms.
民主規範的牢固確立
1. an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches
There has been a shift in opinion on the issue after a decade of entrenchment.
在那議題上十年的固守之後,有了轉變的看法.