retrench
verb- [intransitive] (formal)
(of a business, government, etc. 企業、政府等 to spend less money; to reduce costs 節約；緊縮開支 The Board of Directors realized the need to retrench in the face of falling demand. 面對需求下降，董事會意識到了緊縮開支的必要性。
- [transitive] retrench somebody (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English)
to tell somebody that they cannot continue working for you 縮減（人員） Collocations UnemploymentTopics Social issuesc2Unemployment 失業 Losing your job 失業 - lose your job
失業 - (British English) become/be made redundant
被裁減 - be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
被要求／選擇自願裁退／提前退休 - face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy
面臨被解職／被裁／強制裁員；受到解職／被裁／強制裁員的威脅 - dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
解僱僱員／工人／經理 - lay off staff/workers/employees
解僱員工／工人／僱員 - (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers
縮減人員 - cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
裁減員工 - (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant
裁員
Being unemployed 失業；待業；下崗 - be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
失業 - seek/look for work/employment
找工作 - be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance
領取失業補助金 - be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole
領取失業救濟金 - claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole
領取失業救濟金 - be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)
領取／有資格領取失業補償金 - be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare
靠社會保障金過活 - collect/receive (North American English) welfare
領取社會保障金 - combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
防止／解決／減少失業
- lose your job
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the now formal usage): from obsolete French retrencher, variant of retrancher, from re- (expressing reversal) + trancher ‘to cut, slice’.