retrench
发音
英 [rɪˈtrentʃ]
美 [rɪˈtrɛntʃ]
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- vi.
- 紧缩开支
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- 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。