French-English translations for ancre

anchor
us
Boats often lie at anchor, but environmental policy must also be anchored. It has to be anchored in reality. Si les bateaux sont souvent à l'ancre, il faut aussi que la politique en matière d'environnement soit ancrée, ancrée dans la réalité. The euro is an anchor to which the Member State economies are tied. L'euro est une ancre qui retient les économies des États membres. Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
anker

dyed-in-the-wool
us
Smith was a dyed-in-the-wool typist and never really got used to writing on computers.John Major was described by his opponents as a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative.
wall tie
well-establishedThe school has a number of well-established traditions.This company is probably the most well-established in the industry.It is well established that this methodology is problematic.