attrition

英 [ə'trɪʃ(ə)n] 美 [ə'trɪʃən]
  • n. 摩擦;磨损;消耗

助记提示


Attrition:我捶甚。我努力的捶,用力的捶----消磨,磨损。谐音“我擦损”。

中文词源


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。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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

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