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

• 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。
• 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。
• That means massive private retrenchment, with corporations particularly frugal at the moment.
  这意味着私人部门大规模缩减开支，而企业眼下尤为节俭。
• Retrenchment will be necessary.
  有必要进行紧缩。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。