retrench
vi. 紧缩开支
vt. 削减(费用); 节省
If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money.
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. tighten one's belt; use resources carefully
2. make a reduction, as in one's workforce;
Inflation has forced us to retrench.
因通货膨胀我们不得不紧缩开支.
They must retrench their expenditure for the purpose of making up the deficit.
为了弥补赤字,他们必须压缩开支.
It is not a conservative and passive policy, still less a policy to retrench money supply.
它不是保守消极的政策, 更不是收缩货币供应.
Fiscal default is nigh, insist the doomsayers: repent and retrench before it is too late.
灾难预言者坚持认为,政府违约就在眼前: 赶紧忏悔和缩减开支吧,否则就太晚了.
The company had to retrench.
该公司必须节省开支.