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

• 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。
• They whittled down the enemy's military and economic strength in a war of attrition.
  他们通过消耗战削弱敌人的军事和经济力量。
• Staffing: To track project member additions and attrition.
  人员安排：为了监视项目成员的添加和消耗。
• 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。
• Will their rate of attrition when very long be as slow as seen in telomerase-negative mouse cells?
  当端粒很长时，它们的磨损速率将像我们在端粒酶负鼠细胞中所看到的那样慢吗？
• For measuring abrasion of catalyst particles, three basic attrition test apparatus are used.
  为了测定催化剂颗粒的磨损，可使用三种基本磨损测试装置。
• Campaigns of attrition are supplementary but necessary in protracted war.
  战役的消耗战，是辅助的，但也是持久作战所需要的。
• Germany was the first nation to effectively use the submarine in an attrition war.
  德国是在消耗战中第一个有效地利用潜艇的国家。
• 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。