retrenchment

英 [rɪˈtrentʃmənt]

美 [rɪˈtrentʃmənt]

n.  (开支的)紧缩，削减

复数：retrenchments　

GRE医学

BNC.21676 / COCA.22631

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （开支的）紧缩，削减
  Retrenchmentmeans spending less money.
  1. Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
     国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。
  2. ...a need for industrial retrenchment and restructuring.
     工业紧缩开支和改组的需要

英英释义

noun

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
  Synonym:curtailmentdownsizing
• entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense

双语例句

• Retrenchment not expansion is now the policy of most companies.
  削减而不扩张是现在大多数公司的方针。
• But with economies still so weak remember Japan this should not dictate a universal headlong rush to fiscal retrenchment.
  但由于各经济体仍然疲弱还记得日本吧不应强行要求各国统一仓促施行财政紧缩政策。
• Which came first-Private retrenchment or fiscal deficits?
  哪一种情况出现在前是私人部门紧缩还是财政赤字？
• In Europe, fiscal retrenchment is under way after intense market pressures.
  由于市场压力巨大，欧洲正在实施财政紧缩。
• Fiscal retrenchment, they intoned, would not alone repair the public finances of eurozone countries.
  他们动情地表示，仅靠财政紧缩无法修复欧元区国家的公共财政。
• Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
  国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。
• Conventional wisdom is that fiscal retrenchment will lead to resurgent investment and growth.
  传统观念认为，财政紧缩会推动投资和经济增长的复苏。
• Moreover, I will be getting my retrenchment benefits soon.
  而且我的裁退金要拿了。
• Or will such a zealous embrace of fiscal retrenchment tip the economy back into recession?
  或者，如此狂热地奉行财政紧缩，是否会把英国经济重新推入衰退？
• Retrenchment will be necessary.
  有必要进行紧缩。