attrition
英 [ə'trɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [ə'trɪʃən]
TEM8 GRE
Attrition：我捶甚。我努力的捶，用力的捶----消磨，磨损。谐音“我擦损”。
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.
- 1. It was a war of attrition .
- 这是一场消耗战。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. They're trying to stop the attrition of their rights.
- 他们正竭力制止他们的权利的削减.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
