retrench
英 [rɪ'tren(t)ʃ]
美[ri'trɛntʃ]
- vt. 删除；减少；紧缩开支
- vi. 节省；紧缩
词态变化
第三人称单数: retrenches;过去式: retrenched;过去分词: retrenched;现在分词: retrenching;名词: retrenchment;
中文词源
retrench 节约，缩减
re-,向后，往回，-trench,砍，劈，词源同 truncate,trunk.引申词义节约，缩减。 retrial 复审，再审
英英释意
- 1. tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
- 2. make a reduction, as in one's workforce;
- "The company had to retrench"
英文词源
- retrench
- retrench: [16] Retrench originally meant literally ‘dig a new trench as a second line of defence’. It was borrowed from early modern French retrencher, a descendant of Old French retrenchier. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and trenchier ‘cut off’ (source of English trench, trenchant, etc). The standard present-day sense of retrench, ‘cut back, economize’, first recorded in the 17th century, is a return to the underlying meaning of French retrencher.
=> trench, trenchant - retrench (v.1)
- 1590s, "dig a new trench as a second line of defense," 1590s, probably a back-formation from retrenchment in the military sense. Related: Retrenched; retrenching.
- retrench (v.2)
- "cut off, cut down, pare away" (expenses, etc.), 1620s, from obsolete French retrencher "to cut off, lessen, shorten" (Modern French retrancher, Old French retrenchier), from re- "back" (see re-) + Old French trenchier "to cut" (see trench). Related: Retrenched; retrenching.
实用场景例句
- [不可数名词, 可数名词]a period of retrenchment
- 开支紧缩时期
牛津词典
- Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
- 不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Inflation has forced us to retrench.
- 因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支.
辞典例句
- They must retrench their expenditure for the purpose of making up the deficit.
- 为了弥补赤字,他们必须压缩开支.
期刊摘选
- It is not a conservative and passive policy, still less a policy to retrench money supply.
- 它不是保守消极的政策, 更不是收缩货币供应.
期刊摘选
- Fiscal default is nigh, insist the doomsayers: repent and retrench before it is too late.
- 灾难预言者坚持认为,政府违约就在眼前: 赶紧忏悔和缩减开支吧,否则就太晚了.
期刊摘选
- The company had to retrench.
- 该公司必须节省开支.
期刊摘选
- The mess of Wall Street means the families have to retrench.
- 华尔街的动荡对很多家庭来说意味着新一轮的勒紧腰带过日子.
期刊摘选
- Explain: for the sake of retrench disk spcae.
- 说明: 为节省磁盘空间、减少记录量,键盘及鼠标动作即开始监视,停止动作一段时间后停止监视. (请注意观看电影等特殊情况)
期刊摘选
- As business is bad these days, we have to retrench.
- 由于最近生意不景气, 我们不得不紧缩开支.
期刊摘选
- Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
- 不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。
柯林斯例句