1. (开支)紧缩的,削减的：rationale 理论基础,依据 | retrenched (开支)紧缩的,削减的 | tide over 渡过难关
1. The GE Capital finance unit returned to profit growth after Immelt slashed the division's assets and retrenched during the financial crisis.
2. The decline in sales was led by a huge drop in auto purchases, but sales of all types of products from furniture to clothing fell as consumers retrenched.
3. More households of retrenched women workers cut back on their meals than those where men had lost work.
4. Reporters spread the word to Rue 89 - a blogging website set up by retrenched journalists from the ailing Liberation newspaper.
5. The majority of the retrenched workers had been with the company for five to nine years.
6. He admitted the government faces an uphill battle to find employment for the retrenched factory workers in the country's competitive job market.
7. Companies will have to offer financial compensation to retrenched workers when their contracts are broken under the new labor law.