retrenchment

英 [rɪˈtrentʃmənt]

美 [rɪˈtrentʃmənt]

n.  (开支的)紧缩，削减

复数：retrenchments　

GRE医学

BNC.21676 / COCA.22631

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR （开支的）紧缩，削减
  Retrenchmentmeans spending less money.
  1. Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
     国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。
  2. ...a need for industrial retrenchment and restructuring.
     工业紧缩开支和改组的需要

英英释义

noun

• the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable
  Synonym:curtailmentdownsizing
• entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense

双语例句

• But pretty soon the theory of fiscal retrenchment will be translated into real political pain.
  但财政紧缩的理论，将很快转化为实实在在的政治阵痛。
• Thus the temporary rise in fiscal deficits helps protect the economy from the forced private retrenchment.
  因此，财政赤字的暂时增长有助于避免经济陷入不得已的私营部门紧缩。
• In Europe, fiscal retrenchment is under way after intense market pressures.
  由于市场压力巨大，欧洲正在实施财政紧缩。
• By committing to the largest fiscal retrenchment in living memory the coalition has gone for broke.
  通过承诺实施当代人记忆中最大规模的财政紧缩，英国联合政府已经孤注一掷。
• That is the lesson, they say, from past fiscal retrenchment.
  他们称，这是从以往的财政紧缩中汲取的教训。
• But when France, Spain and Italy all contract their fiscal positions at the same time, in addition to Greece, Portugal and Ireland, the result is a co-ordinated fiscal retrenchment of the eurozone.
  但是当法国、西班牙和意大利也加入希腊、葡萄牙和爱尔兰的行列，同时收缩财政立场的时候，就会造成欧元区协同财政紧缩的结果。
• Us recessions are driven by the retrenchment of the corporate sector in response to shocks.
  美国衰退的推动因素是企业部门为应对冲击而缩减成本。
• The risk of inadequate action and premature retrenchment is greatest in the eurozone.
  在欧元区，措施力度不够和过早收紧政策的危险是最大的。
• The view that the fiscal retrenchment will now generate a surge in private spending seems improbable.
  有关财政紧缩现在会促使私营部门支出激增的观点，似乎站不住脚。
• Any good done by deficit spending can be lost to retrenchment by private employers.
  赤字支出带来的任何好处，都可能被私营企业的紧缩所抵消。