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

• Fiscal retrenchment is becoming self-defeating.
  财政紧缩正在弄巧成拙。
• US consumers are in the early stages of a multi-year retrenchment as they cut debt and rebuild retirement saving.
  随着美国消费者削减债务并重建退休储蓄，他们刚刚步入会历时多年的紧缩开支之旅。
• 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。
• Thus the temporary rise in fiscal deficits helps protect the economy from the forced private retrenchment.
  因此，财政赤字的暂时增长有助于避免经济陷入不得已的私营部门紧缩。
• 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。
• Moreover, I will be getting my retrenchment benefits soon.
  而且我的裁退金要拿了。
• That means massive private retrenchment, with corporations particularly frugal at the moment.
  这意味着私人部门大规模缩减开支，而企业眼下尤为节俭。
• Under pressure, Ireland has also imposed fiscal retrenchment.
  在压力下，爱尔兰也实施了财政紧缩。
• 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？
• Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
  国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。