音标:[ri'trentʃ] ;
vt. 紧缩, 减少, 删除
vi. 削减费用
v. tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
v. make a reduction, as in one's workforce
词型变化:现在分词 : retrenching ; 过去式 : retrenched ; 第三人称单数 : retrenches ; 过去分词 : retrenched ; 名词复数形式 : retrenches
考试类型:[GRE]
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retrench的用法和样例:

例句

  1. Inflation has forced us to retrench.因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支。

经典引文

  • To retrench..was now the object; money went..farther at home.

    出自:E. Bowen
【近义词】

As somebody who is part of the executive branch and serving in this role which I can consider to be a great privilege, as director of NIH, I am confident that the convictions that are held by many Americans and by most members of the Congress, that b

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