retrenchment
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/rɪˈtrentʃmənt/
🇬🇧
/rɪˈtrentʃmənt/
noun
R
Cutting back on spending or expenses to save money.
The company announced a period of retrenchment to reduce costs.
公司宣布进行紧缩以降低成本。
R
When people lose their jobs because there is not enough work for them to do.
Due to the economic downturn, there was a lot of retrenchment in the company.
由于经济衰退，公司进行了大量的裁员。
translation
削减, 裁员
词形变化
Plural
retrenchments