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

• Independently designed a set of testing system to examine the attrition of combing roller slot.
  为了检测整经辊沟槽的磨损程度，自行设计了一套检测系统。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。