attrition

英 [əˈtrɪʃn]

美 [əˈtrɪʃn]

n. (尤指给敌人造成的)削弱，消耗

Collins.1 / BNC.19611 / COCA.11848

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

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。

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

Relating to or caused by attrition.
与磨损有关，或因磨损引起。
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。
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。
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。
Roller mills grind essentially by crushing and attrition.
辊磨机主要靠挤压和摩擦研碎物料。
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？
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。
Staffing: Additions and attrition among configuration management staff.
人员安排：在配置管理人员中的增添和减少。
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。