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

• 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。
• 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。
• But with economies still so weak remember Japan this should not dictate a universal headlong rush to fiscal retrenchment.
  但由于各经济体仍然疲弱还记得日本吧不应强行要求各国统一仓促施行财政紧缩政策。
• The view that the fiscal retrenchment will now generate a surge in private spending seems improbable.
  有关财政紧缩现在会促使私营部门支出激增的观点，似乎站不住脚。
• 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。
• Under pressure, Ireland has also imposed fiscal retrenchment.
  在压力下，爱尔兰也实施了财政紧缩。
• 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。
• Fiscal retrenchment is becoming self-defeating.
  财政紧缩正在弄巧成拙。
• But a combination of ultra-lax monetary policies and fiscal retrenchment will delay the unavoidable adjustment.
  调整是不可避免的，但极度宽松的货币政策和财政紧缩相结合将使调整延迟。