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 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。
• One particular fear haunting the G20 is that an implosion in Eastern Europe infects Austrian, Swedish, Italian and Belgian banks with bad loans, providing a downward spiral of losses, retrenchment and economic contraction.
  笼罩g20的一个特别担忧，就是东欧内爆使得奥地利、瑞典、意大利和比利时的银行背上了不良贷款，从而形成了亏损、缩减开支和经济萎缩的下行螺旋。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。