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

• 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。
• 99. But the objective of strategic attrition may also be achieved by campaigns of attrition.
  （九九）但达到战略消耗目的的，还有战役的消耗战。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 utility model can reduce the attrition with the table when the fixed base is moved or rotated.
  本实用新型可使固定座移动或转动时，减少与台面的磨擦。
• 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。
• 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。
• Roller mills grind essentially by crushing and attrition.
  辊磨机主要靠挤压和摩擦研碎物料。