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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Initial enrollment was109 subjects, but a high rate of attrition limited the number of evaluable subjects.
  初始登记的受试者为109名，但受试者的高损耗率限制了评估的人数。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Hence campaigns of annihilation are the means of attaining the objective of strategic attrition.
  因此，战役的歼灭战是达到战略的消耗战之目的的手段。