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词汇 retrench
释义
retrench
verb uk/rɪˈtrentʃ/ us/rɪˈtrentʃ/
[ I ] formal削减费用;紧缩开支
If governments, companies, etc. retrench, they start spending less money, or reducing costs.
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裁减工人(以节约成本)
to remove a worker from his or her job as a way of reducing costs
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.
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  • 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.
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