retrench

中文詞源

retrench節約，縮減

re-,向后，往回，-trench,砍，劈，詞源同 truncate,trunk.引申詞義節約，縮減。 retrial 復審，再審

詞組搭配

retrench expenses精簡開支

retrench one's expenses減少支出

retrench expenditures壓縮開支

retrench enlarge削減

Retrench And Economize精簡節約

retrench h節省

retrench expand削減

雙語例句

1. Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.

漢不久之后，國防開支的削減迫使航空航天業緊縮開支。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Inflation has forced us to retrench.

漢因通貨膨脹我們不得不緊縮開支.

來自辭典例句

3. The mess of Wall Street means the families have to retrench.

漢華爾街的動蕩對很多家庭來說意味著新一輪的勒緊腰帶過日子.

來自互聯網

4. As business is bad these days, we have to retrench.

漢由于最近生意不景氣, 我們不得不緊縮開支.

來自互聯網

5. Why don't you retrench then - scrape up, hoard , economise?

漢那么你為什么不節約一下 —— 積累一點, 儲蓄一點, 省吃儉用一些 呢 ?

來自互聯網

英英釋義

1. tighten one's belt; use resources carefully

2. make a reduction, as in one's workforce;

"The company had to retrench"