Many businesses are expected to retrench , and any such retrenchment will be quickly felt in consumer markets.

许多企业，预计削减，而且任何此类的紧缩将很快感受到的消费市场。

Inflation forces us to retrench.

通货膨胀令我们紧缩开支。

Retrench v. cut down , make economies

节省开支，缩减支出

As business is bad these days, we have to retrench.

由于最近生意不景气, 我们不得不紧缩开支.

Is the credit crunch forcing firms to retrench directly?

信贷紧缩会直接迫使这些公司节衣缩食吗？

The mess of Wall Street means the families have to retrench.

华尔街的动荡对很多家庭来说意味着新一轮的勒紧腰带过日子.

Retrench : to reduce or diminish, esp. so as to economize

减少，节省。如：

They must retrench their expenditure for the purpose of making up the deficit.

为了弥补赤字,他们必须压缩开支.

Expect more bricks and mortar stores to close as overstretched consumers retrench.

随着大手大脚的消费者缩减支出，预计将有更多的传统商家关门大吉。

It is not a conservative and passive policy, still less a policy to retrench money supply.

它不是保守消极的政策, 更不是收缩货币供应.