搜尋結果
retrenchment
- IPA[rəˈtren(t)SHm(ə)nt]
美式
- the reduction of costs or spending in response to economic difficulty;the action of dismissing an employee from a job
noun: retrenchment, plural noun: retrenchments
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the reduction of costs or spending in response to economic difficulty this period of retrenchment will see companies shed staff closures and retrenchments have become the order of the day
- ▪ the action of dismissing an employee from a job he ordered the retrenchment of 420 civil servants
- ▪ reduction in the extent or quantity of something the retrenchment of the welfare state