retrench
英[rɪ'trentʃ]
美[ri'trɛntʃ]
- 节省， 紧缩开支
词态变化
复数: retrenches;第三人称单数: retrenches;过去式: retrenched;过去分词: retrenched;现在分词: retrenching;
双语例句
- 1. 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。
- 2. Inflation has forced us to retrench.
- 因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支.
- 3. 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.
- 4. 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.
- 5. Why don't you retrench then - scrape up, hoard , economise?
- 那么你为什么不节约一下 —— 积累一点, 储蓄一点, 省吃俭用一些 呢 ?