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单词 retrenchment
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•trench•ment  (ri trenchmənt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. the act of retrenching;
    a cutting down or off, as by the reduction of expenses.
  2. [Fort.]an interior work that cuts off a part of a fortification from the rest, and to which a garrison may retreat.
  • French retrenchement. See retrench, -ment
  • 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
reˈtrenchment /rɪˈtrɛntʃmənt/ n
  1. the act of reducing expenditure in order to improve financial stability
  2. an extra interior fortification to reinforce outer walls
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•trench /rɪˈtrɛntʃ/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to reduce or diminish, esp. so as to economize: [+ object]The university began to retrench its workforce.[no object]As it retrenched, the university found money to keep the people it wanted.
re•trench•ment, n. [uncountable]The union fears retrenchment.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•trench  (ri trench),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to cut down, reduce, or diminish;
    curtail (expenses).
  2. to cut off or remove.
  3. Militaryto protect by a retrenchment.

v.i. 
  1. to economize;
    reduce expenses:They retrenched by eliminating half of the workers.
  • French retrencher (obsolete variant of retrancher), Middle French retrenchier, equivalent. to re- re- + trenchier to trench
  • 1600–10
re•trencha•ble, adj. 
re•trencher, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged decrease, abridge, cut.

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