More than once were they able to force a homestead bill through the House of Representatives only to have it blocked in the Senate where Southern interests were intrenched.

他们不止一次能够迫使众议院通过一地法案，结果却在南方利益根深蒂固的参议院受阻。

When I contemplate this fierce creature so widely distributed and strongly intrenched, I see that much remains to be done ere the world is brought under the rule of universal peace and love.

当我注视着这个分布如此广且根深蒂固的凶猛生物时，我发现在将世界置于普遍和平与爱的统治之下之前，还有许多工作。

They had regarded the appointment of a large number of federal judges during the last hours of Adams' administration as an attempt to intrench Federalists in the judiciary and to enlarge the sphere of the national government.

他们认为在亚当斯执政的最后几个小时任命了大量联邦法官是为了巩固联邦党人在司法机构中的地位并扩大国家政府的范围。