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attrition
时间: 2023-09-28 12:00:04
GRE
英 [əˈtrɪʃn]
美 [əˈtrɪʃn]

n. 削弱;消耗;不彻底的忏悔;磨损;摩擦;人员缩减

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双语例句
  • Authoritarianism is the attrition of civil rights.

    威权主义就是对公民权利的削减。

  • There has been a natural attrition in this company recently.

    这家公司最近出现了自然减员的情况。

  • The repeated failures of his business venture were a great attrition on his confidence.

    多次的创业失败对他的信心是极大的消耗。

  • It was a war of attrition.

    这是一场消耗战。

  • The rebels have declared a cease-fire in their war of attrition against the government.

    在与政府的消耗战中,叛军已宣布停火。

  • 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。

  • The company cut its workforce through natural attrition and fewer hirings.

    该公司通过自然流失及减少招聘缩减了员工数量。

  • This also leads to reduced staff attrition.

    这也导致员工摩擦的减少。

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词根 attrited

  • attrited adj. 磨损的 v. 磨损;消耗(attrite的过去式和过去分词)

释义
n.

the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure

(通过持久进攻或施压使力量或效果)削弱;消耗

  • the council is trying to wear down the opposition by attrition

    政务会试图用消耗战的方法来削弱反对派

  • the squadron suffered severe attrition of its bombers.

    飞行中队的轰炸机损耗严重。

chiefly N. Amer. & Austral./NZ the gradual reduction of a workforce by employees leaving and not being replaced rather than by redundancy

〈主北美,澳/新西兰〉(不是因裁减冗员,而是因雇员流失却不补充而造成的)人员缩减。

wearing away by friction; abrasion

磨损;摩擦

  • the skull shows attrition of the edges of the teeth.

    头骨显示出牙齿边缘有磨损。

(in scholastic theology)sorrow for sin falling short of contrition

(经院神学理论用语)不彻底的忏悔。

词源

"late Middle English (in sense 2): from late Latin attrition-), from atterere ‘to rub’."

  • Well, your dad's right. Those shows were the problem. War of attrition. Rosie takes a bow. I mean, nobody wants to see that stuff anymore. So, what do I do?

    你爸说得没错,上演的剧目确实过时了,消耗战,罗西的谢幕,我知道已经不受欢迎。你说我该怎么办?

    《Sing》《欢乐好声音》

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