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

• 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。
• Some, like Greece, need immediate fiscal retrenchment.
  有些国家，如希腊，需要立即实行财政紧缩。
• 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？
• That is the lesson, they say, from past fiscal retrenchment.
  他们称，这是从以往的财政紧缩中汲取的教训。
• By committing to the largest fiscal retrenchment in living memory the coalition has gone for broke.
  通过承诺实施当代人记忆中最大规模的财政紧缩，英国联合政府已经孤注一掷。
• Any good done by deficit spending can be lost to retrenchment by private employers.
  赤字支出带来的任何好处，都可能被私营企业的紧缩所抵消。
• The risk of inadequate action and premature retrenchment is greatest in the eurozone.
  在欧元区，措施力度不够和过早收紧政策的危险是最大的。
• 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。
• This twin retrenchment represents a huge drag on the economy that spills into other sectors.
  这个孪生节省的表明了一个巨大的对经济的拖动滑入了其他部分。
• Moreover, I will be getting my retrenchment benefits soon.
  而且我的裁退金要拿了。