1. 节省,减少：retreat 撤退,撤退 | retrench 节省,减少 | retribution 报应,报复
2. 减少,节约：16 simmer 炖,煨 | 17 retrench 减少,节约 | 18 discredit 使失去权威性,破坏名誉的
3. 节省：trepidation 颤抖 | retrench 节省 | stench 臭气
4. 紧缩：retree 劣等纸 | retrench 紧缩 | retrenchment 节省
1. 紧缩开支;削减费用
If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money.
e.g. Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。
1. All the problems have forced consumers and companies alike to retrench, feeding into a vicious cycle that Washington policymakers are finding difficult to break.
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2. That is bad news for companies catering to them, which will have to retrench as well.
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3. And the prospect of having to absorb huge losses on their bond holdings has caused banks to retrench.
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1. retrench的解释
1. make a reduction, as in one's workforce
e.g. The company had to retrench
2. tighten one's belt
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