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。
• 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。
• Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
  国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。
• Or will such a zealous embrace of fiscal retrenchment tip the economy back into recession?
  或者，如此狂热地奉行财政紧缩，是否会把英国经济重新推入衰退？
• 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。
• Which came first-Private retrenchment or fiscal deficits?
  哪一种情况出现在前是私人部门紧缩还是财政赤字？
• Retrenchment will be necessary.
  有必要进行紧缩。
• Fiscal retrenchment, they intoned, would not alone repair the public finances of eurozone countries.
  他们动情地表示，仅靠财政紧缩无法修复欧元区国家的公共财政。
• 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。
• Some, like Greece, need immediate fiscal retrenchment.
  有些国家，如希腊，需要立即实行财政紧缩。