retrench是什么意思？

retrench

英[rɪˈtrentʃ] 美[rɪˈtrɛntʃ]

• vi. 紧缩开支；
• vt. 削减（费用），节省；

第三人称单数：retrenches;

过去式：retrenched;

过去分词：retrenched;

现在分词：retrenching;

名词：retrenchment;

例句

• The mess of Wall Street means the families have to retrench. 华尔街的动荡对很多家庭来说意味着新一轮的勒紧腰带过日子.
• Inflation has forced us to retrench. 因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支.
• Why don't you retrench then - scrape up, hoard , economise? 那么你为什么不节约一下 —— 积累一点, 储蓄一点, 省吃俭用一些 呢 ?
• Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench. 不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  紧缩开支;削减费用
  If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money.
  例句
  Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench. 不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  紧缩开支
  They retrenched by eliminating half the workers. 他们把人员减半以减少支出。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
  2. make a reduction, as in one's workforce;
  "The company had to retrench"

行业词典

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