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单词 retrenches
释义

retrench /ri-trenchˈ or -trenshˈ/

transitive verb
  1. To cut off, out or down
  2. To protect by a retrenchment
  3. To make (an employee) redundant (Aust)
intransitive verb

To cut down expenses

ORIGIN: OFr retrencher (Fr retrancher), from re- off, and trencher; see trench

retrenchˈment noun

  1. An act or instance of retrenching
  2. Economy
  3. A work within another for prolonging defence (fortification)

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