retrench
verb- [intransitive] (formal)
(of a business, government, etc. 企业、政府等 to spend less money; to reduce costs 节约；紧缩开支 The Board of Directors realized the need to retrench in the face of falling demand. 面对需求下降，董事会意识到了紧缩开支的必要性。
- [transitive] retrench somebody (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English)
to tell somebody that they cannot continue working for you 缩减（人员） Collocations UnemploymentTopics Social issuesc2Unemployment 失业 Losing your job 失业 - lose your job
失业 - (British English) become/be made redundant
被裁减 - be offered/take voluntary redundancy/early retirement
被要求／选择自愿裁退／提前退休 - face/be threatened with dismissal/(British English) the sack/(British English) compulsory redundancy
面临被解职／被裁／强制裁员；受到解职／被裁／强制裁员的威胁 - dismiss/fire/ (especially British English) sack an employee/a worker/a manager
解雇雇员／工人／经理 - lay off staff/workers/employees
解雇员工／工人／雇员 - (Australian English, New Zealand English, South African English) retrench workers
缩减人员 - cut/reduce/downsize/slash the workforce
裁减员工 - (British English) make staff/workers/employees redundant
裁员
Being unemployed 失业；待业；下岗 - be unemployed/out of work/out of a job
失业 - seek/look for work/employment
找工作 - be on/collect/draw/get/receive (both British English) unemployment benefit/jobseeker’s allowance
领取失业补助金 - be/go/live/sign (British English, informal) on the dole
领取失业救济金 - claim/draw/get (British English, informal) the dole
领取失业救济金 - be on/qualify for (North American English) unemployment (compensation)
领取／有资格领取失业补偿金 - be/go/live/depend (North American English) on welfare
靠社会保障金过活 - collect/receive (North American English) welfare
领取社会保障金 - combat/tackle/cut/reduce unemployment
防止／解决／减少失业
- 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’.