retrench
音标发音
- 英式音标 [rɪ'tren(t)ʃ]
- 美式音标 [rɪˈtrɛntʃ]
- 国际音标 [ri'trentʃ, ri:-]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 刪除;減少;緊縮開支
- vi. 節省;緊縮
词根记忆
- re(一再) + trench(切掉)→一剪再剪→節省;減少;縮減
英汉例句
- Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
不久之後,國防開支的削減迫使航空航天業緊縮開支。 - Inflation has forced us to retrench.
因通貨膨脹我們不得不緊縮開支. - The mess of Wall Street means the families have to retrench.
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. - Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
不久之後,國防開支的削減迫使航空航天業緊縮開支。 - Inflation has forced us to retrench.
因通貨膨脹我們不得不緊縮開支.
词组短语
- retrench expenditures 壓縮開支
- retrench expenditure 節省開支
- retrench expand 削減
- retrench pattern 精簡型
- retrench h 節省
短語
英英字典
- If governments, companies, etc. retrench, they start spending less money, or reducing costs.
- If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money.