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retrench
[rɪ'trentʃ] verb
intransitive formal
■If governments, companies, etc. retrench, they start spending less money, or reducing costs 削减费用；紧缩开支•The company had to retrench because of falling orders.由于订单减少，这间公司不得不紧缩开支。 transitive Australian
■to remove a worker from their job as a means of reducing costs 裁减工人（以节省成本） |