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。

She retrenched her speech reluctantly .

她勉强地把她的演说删去了一部分.

But after a peak of activity in the late 1970s many firms retrenched again .

但经过70年代末的高峰后，许多企业再次选择了削减开支。

Last summer , it retrenched further by requiring managerial approval for a tinkering project .

去年夏天，谷歌采取进一步紧缩政策，要求员工自行鼓捣的项目必须得到管理层的批准。

Skills training and employability enhancement for retrenched and unemployed workers programme .

失业及遭解雇工人技能训练及加强就业能力计划。