retrench
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money. 紧缩开支[正式]
Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench. 此后不久，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。
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retrench /rɪˈtrɛntʃ/ (retrenching,retrenched,retrenches)
剑桥词典
- [ 不及物动词：后面不接宾语的动词 ] formal
If governments , companies , etc. retrench, they start spending less money , or reducing costs .
削减费用；紧缩开支
The company had to retrench because of falling orders . 由于订单减少，这家公司不得不紧缩开支。
[ 及物动词：后面接宾语的动词 ] Australian English
to remove a worker from their job as a way of reducing costs
裁减工人（以节约成本） 返回 retrench