柯林斯詞典retrench /r??tr?nt?/ (retrenching,retrenched,retrenches) 1. V-I If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money. 緊縮開支[正式] Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench. 此后不久，國防開支的削減迫使航空航天業(yè)緊縮開支。 返回 retrench劍橋詞典[ 不及物動詞：后面不接賓語的動詞 ] formal If governments , companies , etc. retrench, they start spending less money , or reducing costs . 削減費用；緊縮開支 The company had to retrench because of falling orders . 由于訂單減少，這家公司不得不緊縮開支。 [ 及物動詞：后面接賓語的動詞 ] Australian English to remove a worker from their job as a way of reducing costs 裁減工人（以節(jié)約成本） 返回 retrench