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单词 retrenchment
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retrenchment
noun[CorU]
uk
/rɪˈtrentʃ.mənt/us
/rɪˈtrentʃ.mənt/
asituationin which agovernment, etc.spendsless orreducescosts:
削减费用；紧缩开支
In retrenchment,centralgovernmentmayseektolimitthetotalexpenditureof alllocalgovernmentsforeconomicstabilization.
Expertsseeamajorretrenchment coming fromconsumers.
Australian EnglishorSouth African English
asituationin which someonelosestheirjobbecausetheiremployerdoes not need them :
裁减工人
Thedownturninbusinesshasresultedin many retrenchments.商业活动低迷，导致大量裁员。
Facing retrenchment can be afrighteningexperience.
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  • Theworseningeconomicenvironmenthasseenasharpretrenchment inelectronicssales.
  • Plans for such asignificantfiscalretrenchment come at avulnerabletimefor theworldeconomy.
  • Bankemployeeshavesufferedfrommassretrenchments.
  • One fifth of thesamplehadexperiencedunemploymentthrough retrenchment in themanufacturingindustries.
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(Definition ofretrenchmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
retrenchment
noun[CorU]
uk
/rɪˈtrentʃ.mənt/us
/rɪˈtrentʃ.mənt/
asituationin which agovernment, etc.spendsless orreducescosts
削减费用；紧缩开支
Australian English
asituationin which someonelosestheirjobbecausetheiremployerdoes not need them
裁减工人
Thedownturninbusinesshasresultedin many retrenchments.商业活动低迷，导致大量裁员。
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retrenchment| Business English

retrenchment
noun[CorU]
uk
/rɪˈtrentʃmənt/us
MANAGEMENT,FINANCE
theactofspendingless orreducingcosts:
Theclosureswill be the firstsubstantialretrenchment at thestorefor 10years.
Thebigretrenchment inaerospacemanufacturingin the early 1990seventuallyinfectedtheentirestateeconomy.
Businesses are going forgrowth, after the retrenchment ofrecentyears.
HR,WORKPLACEAustralian English
theactofremovingaworkerfrom ajobas a way ofsavingthecostofemployingthem:
Somefirmsare using retrenchments as acostreductionmeasure.
Thisresultedin the retrenchment of 40,000publicservants.
(Definition ofretrenchmentfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretrenchment

retrenchment
There might be an employee possibly in his own borough, who had been displaced because of nationals retrenchments.
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I hope that whatever retrenchments are forced upon us in the future, these four establishments will be kept on.
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I said that we must exercise all the retrenchments that are possible—or words to that effect.
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We are prepared to make certain retrenchments in the social services.
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We ran into cuts in capital receipts spending, moratoria and retrenchments.
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I entirely agree with the retrenchments which are being made.
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We all know about the difficulties of the airlines and the retrenchments in that business.
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The further evil might also follow, and education itself, which is of primary importance to the country, would be prejudiced by retrenchments in other directions detrimental to educational efficiency.
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Thus,retrenchmentin some areas of the welfare state may be accompanied by expansion in others.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Advocates ofretrenchmentmust persuade affected officials to transcend their special interests for the good of common goals.
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Retrenchmenthas not been easy, of course, and has often been less than successful, but in all these cases the process was essentially endogenous.
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Path dependency made it difficult to achieve eitherretrenchmentor structural change within the existing budget.
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As always in times ofretrenchment, elected officials have needed to win the goodwill of voters and interest groups for these unpopular cutbacks.
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Moreover, while the welfare state is under pressure, it does not automatically follow that governments will seek to undertakeretrenchmentin all programme areas.
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Furthermore, in some programme areas the losers fromretrenchmentare diffuse and the gainers are focused.
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