They retrenched by eliminating half the workers.他们把人员减半以减少支出.They retrenched by eliminating half of the workers.他们藉剔除一半的工作人员来节约开支....

v.紧缩开支( retrench的过去式和过去分词 )，削减（费用），节省...

retrenched的音标：...