retrench

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英 [rɪˈtrentʃ]word uk audio image

美 [rɪˈtrɛntʃ] word us audio image

  • vi.
    紧缩开支
  • vt.
    削减(费用)
    节省

单词词源

retrench 节约,缩减

re-,向后,往回,-trench,砍,劈,词源同 truncate,trunk.引申词义节约,缩减。 retrial 复审,再审

双语例句

1. Is the credit crunch forcing firms to retrench directly ?
信用紧缩会直接迫使企业紧缩开支吗?
2. International firms could decide it is not cost-effective to keep open their other european offices and retrench to london .
国际企业会觉得在欧洲开办事处不划算而为节省开支而来到伦敦。
3. The downturn in profitability will redraw the industry landscape , analysts and executives say , forcing traditional producers to retrench and consolidate , and accentuating the rise of china as an aluminium powerhouse .
分析师与高管们认为,盈利能力下滑将改写行业格局,迫使传统生产商削减成本或者合并,同时将更加突显出中国发展为铝业大国的趋势。
4. But is it already time to retrench ?
但现在已到了紧缩的时候吗?
5. Next , we need to retrench , to reconsider the direction of research on this disease .
其次,我们需要紧缩开支重新思考研究这种疾病的方向。

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