retrenchment [rɪˈtrɛntʃmənt]

例句:

• There is no postwar parallel for retrenchment on this scale.
  来自THETIMES
• That number likely understates the magnitude of the retrenchment.
  来自WSJ
• Retrenchment will be necessary.
  有必要进行紧缩.
  
• Defense planners predict an extended period of retrenchment.
  国防规划人员预计开支紧缩期会延长。
  
• Retrenchment in the colleges could force thousands of students back into the unemployment lines.
  学院若缩减经费,数千名学生将被迫回到失业工人的行列.
  
• But they signal yet another significant step in an ongoing retrenchment.
  来自SA