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

• They may hope that retrenchment now will spur on private spending.
  他们或许希望，现在实施紧缩政策能刺激私人部门增加支出。
• Some, like Greece, need immediate fiscal retrenchment.
  有些国家，如希腊，需要立即实行财政紧缩。
• Which came first-Private retrenchment or fiscal deficits?
  哪一种情况出现在前是私人部门紧缩还是财政赤字？
• 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 private sector must heal. That, not fiscal retrenchment, is the priority.
  私人部门必须恢复正常&这才是当务之急，而不是削减财政开支。
• 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。
• 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。
• Retrenchment not expansion is now the policy of most companies.
  削减而不扩张是现在大多数公司的方针。
• Fiscal retrenchment is becoming self-defeating.
  财政紧缩正在弄巧成拙。
• Us recessions are driven by the retrenchment of the corporate sector in response to shocks.
  美国衰退的推动因素是企业部门为应对冲击而缩减成本。