attrition

英 [ə'trɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ə'trɪʃən]

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※ 提供单词"attrition"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

attrition 磨损

前缀at-同ad-. -tri,同turn, 转，磨。

attuned 适应的

前缀at-同ad-. tune, 曲调。指舞曲一致。

attrition: attrition: see throw
attrition (n.): 1540s, "abrasion, a scraping," from Latin attritionem (nominative attritio), literally "a rubbing against," noun of action from past participle stem of atterere "to wear, rub away," figuratively "to destroy, waste," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + terere "to rub" (see throw (v.)). The earliest sense in English is from Scholastic theology (late 14c.), "sorrow for sin merely out of fear of punishment," a minor irritation, and thus less than contrition. The sense of "wearing down of military strength" is a World War I coinage (1914). Figurative use by 1930.

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3. 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.

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。

5. 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。