attrition

英 [əˈtrɪʃn]

美 [əˈtrɪʃn]

n.  (尤指给敌人造成的)削弱，消耗

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牛津词典

noun

• （尤指给敌人造成的）削弱，消耗
  a process of making sb/sth, especially your enemy, weaker by repeatedly attacking them or creating problems for them
• （尤指给敌人造成的）削弱，消耗
  a process of making sb/sth, especially your enemy, weaker by repeatedly attacking them or creating problems for them

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （对敌人造成的）削弱，耗损
  Attritionis a process in which you steadily reduce the strength of an enemy by continually attacking them.
  1. The rebels have declared a ceasefire in their war of attrition against the government.
     在与政府的消耗战中，反叛者宣布停火。
• N-UNCOUNT 人员减缩;人员流失
  At a university or place of work,attritionis the decrease in the number of students or employees caused by people leaving and not being replaced.
  1. The company plans to cut a quarter of its workforce over six years through natural attrition and fewer hirings.
     公司计划在6年内通过人员自然流失和减少雇用使员工总数减少1/4。

英英释义

noun

• the act of rubbing together
• a wearing down to weaken or destroy
  1. a war of attrition
• sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  Synonym:contritioncontriteness
• the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice
  Synonym:grindingabrasiondetrition
• erosion by friction
  Synonym:abrasioncorrasiondetrition

双语例句

• This control requires knowledge of attrition kinetics and cyclone effectiveness.
  这种控制要求颗粒磨损动力学和旋风分离器效率的知识。
• Peasants were the pawns in this war of attrition.
  农夫们成为这场消耗战的被人利用的棋子。
• Staffing: To monitor project member additions and attrition as indicators of project momentum and morale.
  人员安排：作为项目动力和士气的指示器，为了监视项目成员的添加和消耗。
• In this sense war of annihilation is war of attrition.
  在这点上说，歼灭战就是消耗战。
• We should learn to respect others so as to avoid attrition and confliction.
  我们应该学会尊重对方，避免摩擦和冲突。
• The company continued to take charges due to salaried attrition programs and other restructuring costs.
  该公司继续采取收费，由于薪水自然减员程序和其他重组费用。
• The rebels have declared a ceasefire in their war of attrition against the government.
  在与政府的消耗战中，反叛者宣布停火。
• We should also choose a catalyst that is resistant to attrition and breakage.
  我们还应当选用耐磨和不易粉碎的催化剂。
• The long war of attrition exhausted the strength of both countries.
  这场长期的消耗战耗尽了两国的力量。
• Language attrition is a reverse process of foreign language learning and relates closely with the language acquisition.
  语言磨蚀是外语学习的逆过程，与语言习得的关系密不可分。