单词	retrenchment
释义	retrenchre‧trench /rɪˈtrentʃ/ verb [intransitive] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINretrench Origin: 1500-1600 Early French retrencher, from Old French trenchier ‘to cut’ Verb Table VERB TABLE retrench Simple Form Present I, you, we, they retrench he, she, it retrenches Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they retrenched Present perfect I, you, we, they have retrenched he, she, it has retrenched Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had retrenched Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will retrench Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have retrenched Continuous Form Present I am retrenching he, she, it is retrenching you, we, they are retrenching Past I, he, she, it was retrenching you, we, they were retrenching Present perfect I, you, we, they have been retrenching he, she, it has been retrenching Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been retrenching Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be retrenching Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been retrenching Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At this stage, the Government began to retrench on its nuclear programmes. Pru-Bache is to retrench to Bache's old strength of retail stockbroking. The hospitals would be left to retrench naturally, while community services would remain patchy and slow to evolve. These recent proposals reflect Moscow's current priority to retrench economically and militarily in the Third World. if a government or organization retrenches, it spends less money SYN  economize—retrenchment noun [countable, uncountable]:  a government policy of retrenchment
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