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retrench

R 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [rɪ'tren(t)ʃ]
  • 美式音标 [rɪˈtrɛntʃ]
  • 国际音标 [ri'trentʃ, ri:-]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt. 删除；减少；紧缩开支
  • vi. 节省；紧缩

词根记忆

  • re(一再) + trench(切掉)→一剪再剪→节省；减少；缩减

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    retrenchment：节省；删除。

英汉例句

  • Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
    不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。
  • Inflation has forced us to retrench.
    因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支.
  • The mess of Wall Street means the families have to retrench.
    华尔街的动荡对很多家庭来说意味着新一轮的勒紧腰带过日子.
  • Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
    不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。
  • Inflation has forced us to retrench.
    因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支.

词组短语

    短语

  • retrench expenditures 压缩开支
  • retrench expenditure 节省开支
  • retrench expand 削减
  • retrench pattern 精简型
  • retrench h 节省

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • If governments, companies, etc. retrench, they start spending less money, or reducing costs.

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money.