| 词汇 | retrench |
| 释义 | retrench verb uk /rɪˈtrentʃ/ us /rɪˈtrentʃ/ [ I ]formal If governments, companies, etc. retrench, they start spending less money, or reducing costs: 削减费用;紧缩开支 The company had to retrench because of falling orders.由于订单减少，这家公司不得不紧缩开支。 The Government began to retrench on its nuclear programmes. [ T ]Australian English or South African English to remove a worker from his or her job as a way of reducing costs: 裁减工人（以节约成本） The government is to retrench 30,000 public servants in the next three years. An employee you retrenched may be able to bring an unfair dismissal claim. North Carolina is not retrenching on its spending on education. The president had planned to take more lavish offices but was forced to retrench amid criticism from Congress and the public. In 2011 some people were retrenched. A New South Wales cleaning contractor retrenched an employee using a standard retrenchment letter. Economics accommodative anti-economic anti-inflation anti-inflationary anti-recession buyer's market deindustrialization economic Great Recession gross domestic product HDI human development index industrialism Keynesian monetarism monetary recession reflate squeeze the public purse You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Firing staff retrench | Business Englishretrench verb uk /ˌriːˈtrentʃ/us [ I ] MANAGEMENT, FINANCE if governments, companies, etc. retrench, they start spending less money, or reducing costs: Some large corporate R&D departments have retrenched. It's time to retrench and refocus on our key brands. The company retrenched and cut staff in the face of the impending downturn. [ T ] HR, WORKPLACE Australian English to remove a worker from their job as a way of reducing costs: With the level of unemployment already so high, the thought of approximately 10,000 workers being retrenched is difficult to bear. See also lay sb off Examples of retrenchretrench The number of officials to be retrenched will not exceed five or six. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The capital balance today, including special loans for earlier projects abandoned or retrenched, is now over £80 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many social services departments are experiencing large funding gaps, which means that they are retrenching many of the services that they might offer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the past decade, banking services have retrenched out of rural areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it slims down and retrenches too much, however, how will it meet demand when it increases, as we hope that it will? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the old business of retrenching, saving and economising in any way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only is purchasing power to be curtailed, but road-building, housing and the like are to be retrenched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are heading for a shortage of milk and a retrenching agricultural industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that whatever services are retrenched, this service should not be retrenched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1923, provision was made that any men who were retrenched were due for compensation, and in every case they were looked after. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think we can all notice that the life of luxury is extending rather than retrenching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The grounds alleged are that the company refused to reinstate 93 men retrenched last year or to discuss with the union the company's estimate of men surplus to requirements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like many other industries, farmers are retrenching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A few days later the government retrenched the planned nuclear phaseout after the industry pushed for reconsideration. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The church is now retrenching after its period of high growth and hundreds of units have been decommissioned since 1998. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of retrench These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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