单词：retrencher
retrench的用法和样例：
例句
- 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
- economize节约
- lessen减少
- abridge删节
- shave刮
- shorten弄短
- cut back削减
- save救
- tighten your belt勒紧腰带(忍饥受寒...
- draw in your horns打退堂鼓(缩减)...
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