retrench
英[rɪ'trentʃ]
美[rɪ'trentʃ]
- v. 减少开支；削减花费
GRE
详细释义
Verb:
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tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
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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
- Inflation has forced us to retrench.
因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支。
相关词汇
- economize 节约
- lessen 减少
- abridge 删节
- shave 刮
- shorten 弄短
- cut back 削减
- save 救
- tighten your belt 勒紧腰带(忍饥受寒...
- draw in your horns 打退堂鼓(缩减)...
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