| 单词 | retrenchment |
| 释义 | retrenchment (rɪtrentʃmənt ) Word forms: retrenchments variable noun Retrenchment means spending less money. [formal] Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment. ...a need for industrial retrenchment and restructuring. Synonyms: cutback, cuts, economy, reduction Collocations: period of retrenchment All of these could bring to an end the resilience in retail spending and the start of a period of retrenchment. Times, Sunday Times The predictions come amid a period of retrenchment and regulatory upheaval for the banks. Times, Sunday Times Now, after a period of retrenchment, higher prices will encourage production to rise once again. Times, Sunday Times After the suppression of the uprisings of 1821, there followed a period of retrenchment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In national health affairs, however, the latter half of the 1970s was a period of retrenchment and effort to curb health-related expenditures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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