retrenchment是什么意思？

retrenchment

英[rɪ'trentʃmənt] 美[rɪˈtrɛntʃmənt]

• n. 节省，删除；

复数：retrenchments;

动词：retrench;

例句

• The company is in for a period of retrenchment. 公司目前正值削减开支阶段.
• Retrenchment in the colleges could force thousands of students back into the unemployment lines. 学院若缩减经费,数千名学生将被迫回到失业工人的行列.
• ...a need for industrial retrenchment and restructuring. 工业紧缩开支和改组的需要
• Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment. 国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  （开支的）紧缩，削减
  Retrenchment means spending less money.
  例句
  Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment. 国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。 ...a need for industrial retrenchment and restructuring. 工业紧缩开支和改组的需要

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense
  2. the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable