retrench
柯林斯詞典
1. V-I If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money. 緊縮開支[正式]
Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench. 此后不久，國防開支的削減迫使航空航天業(yè)緊縮開支。
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retrench /r??tr?nt?/ (retrenching,retrenched,retrenches)
劍橋詞典
- [ 不及物動詞：后面不接賓語的動詞 ] formal
If governments , companies , etc. retrench, they start spending less money , or reducing costs .
削減費用；緊縮開支
The company had to retrench because of falling orders . 由于訂單減少，這家公司不得不緊縮開支。
[ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ] Australian English
to remove a worker from their job as a way of reducing costs
裁減工人（以節(jié)約成本） 返回 retrench