Retrench
[rɪ'tren(t)ʃ] or [ri'trɛntʃ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make a reduction, as in one's workforce; 'The company had to retrench'.
(verb.) tighten one's belt; use resources carefully.
艾莉森編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To cut off; to pare away.
(v. t.) To lessen; to abridge; to curtail; as, to retrench superfluities or expenses.
(v. t.) To confine; to limit; to restrict.
(v. t.) To furnish with a retrenchment; as, to retrench bastions.
(v. i.) To cause or suffer retrenchment; specifically, to cut down living expenses; as, it is more reputable to retrench than to live embarrassed.
卡尔文校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Curtail, cut, lop, dock, prune, pare, clip, cut short, cut off, lop off.[2]. Diminish, lessen, decrease.
汉丽埃塔整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Reduce, abbreviate, diminish, limit, contract, curtail, lessen, economize
ANT:Enlarge, increase, extend, expand, multiply, amplify, augment
丹整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to cut off or away: to render less: to curtail.—v.i. to live at less expense: to economise.—n. Retrench′ment cutting off: lessening or abridging: reduction: economy: (fort.) a work within another for prolonging the defence.
整理:维维安
例句/造句/用法:
- Tell me, at least, the expenses of the republic, for no doubt you intend to retrench the superfluous? 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Allow me to retrench something from these too abundant supplies. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But it is all theory; for when I came to the practical part I could retrench nothing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I know I cannot live as I have done, but I must retrench where I can, and learn to be a better manager. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He and she then told me of changes they had known: even with them all had not gone smoothly, and fortune had retrenched her once abundant gifts. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
克莱夫整理