retrench

英[rɪ'trentʃ] 美[rɪ'trentʃ]
  • v. 减少开支；削减花费
retrencher retrenched retrenched retrenching retrenches
GRE

详细释义

Verb:
  1. tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

  2. make a reduction, as in one's workforce;

    "The company had to retrench"

双语例句

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Inflation has forced us to retrench.
因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支.

来自辞典例句

3. 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.

来自互联网

4. As business is bad these days, we have to retrench.
由于最近生意不景气, 我们不得不紧缩开支.

来自互联网

5. 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 ?

来自互联网

    1. Inflation has forced us to retrench.
      因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支。

相关词汇

【邻近词汇】

retribution retreat retrenchment retrenchable retrench funds retrench expenses retrenchment budget retrenchment policy retrenchment measure retrench expenditure retrenchment measures retrench one's expenses
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