retrench

第三人称单数：

动词第三人称单数: retrenches

更多词形：

名词: retrencher | 动词过去式: retrenched | 动词过去分词: retrenched | 动词现在分词: retrenching | 动词第三人称单数: retrenches |

单词例句：

EXAMPLE: Because the regional economy has turned bad and our sales are low, we have decided to retrench and postpone plans to build a new manufacturing plant next year.

由于该地区的经济已经转糟，而且我们的销售额很低，我们决定紧缩开支，推迟明年建造新制造厂的计划。

cut down expenses; retrench (expenditure)

节约开支

When companies retrench, they say, "What do customers come to us for?

当公司裁员的时候，他们会考虑：为什么客户会光顾我们？

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。

Is the credit crunch forcing firms to retrench directly?

信贷紧缩会迫使各企业立即节衣缩食，勒紧裤腰带吗？

Households will retrench as unemployment rises and those with jobs fear they may lose them.

家庭由于失业的增加和对可能失业的恐惧而支出减少。

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。

That means they don't need to retrench.

这也意味着他们不需要收缩。

Besides offering retraining and placement services to employers and employees, ERB also provides services to those employers who need to retrench large number of employees.

除了提供再培训及就业服务外,雇员再培训局亦为拟大规模裁员之雇主提供服务。