Retrench

(verb.) make a reduction, as in one's workforce; 'The company had to retrench'.

(verb.) tighten one's belt; use resources carefully.

艾莉森编辑

• Tell me, at least, the expenses of the republic, for no doubt you intend to retrench the superfluous? 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Allow me to retrench something from these too abundant supplies. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But it is all theory; for when I came to the practical part I could retrench nothing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I know I cannot live as I have done, but I must retrench where I can, and learn to be a better manager. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He and she then told me of changes they had known: even with them all had not gone smoothly, and fortune had retrenched her once abundant gifts. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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