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

• Moreover, I will be getting my retrenchment benefits soon.
  而且我的裁退金要拿了。
• 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。
• Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
  国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。
• 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。
• 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。
• Conventional wisdom is that fiscal retrenchment will lead to resurgent investment and growth.
  传统观念认为，财政紧缩会推动投资和经济增长的复苏。
• 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。
• Fiscal retrenchment is becoming self-defeating.
  财政紧缩正在弄巧成拙。
• Some, like Greece, need immediate fiscal retrenchment.
  有些国家，如希腊，需要立即实行财政紧缩。
• 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。