| 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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