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.

Great powers have retrenched before: Britain for instance.

强国的没落以前有过，英国就是其中一个。

It retrenched many electric appliances of early ASPC, and used software to control its functions; this is a creative design.

省去了原装弹机中的许多继电器，而用软件实现其控制功能，这是该设计的创新之处。