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

• 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 risk of inadequate action and premature retrenchment is greatest in the eurozone.
  在欧元区，措施力度不够和过早收紧政策的危险是最大的。
• 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。
• Retrenchment will be necessary.
  有必要进行紧缩。
• But when France, Spain and Italy all contract their fiscal positions at the same time, in addition to Greece, Portugal and Ireland, the result is a co-ordinated fiscal retrenchment of the eurozone.
  但是当法国、西班牙和意大利也加入希腊、葡萄牙和爱尔兰的行列，同时收缩财政立场的时候，就会造成欧元区协同财政紧缩的结果。
• 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。
• 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。
• But pretty soon the theory of fiscal retrenchment will be translated into real political pain.
  但财政紧缩的理论，将很快转化为实实在在的政治阵痛。
• Under pressure, Ireland has also imposed fiscal retrenchment.
  在压力下，爱尔兰也实施了财政紧缩。
• 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。