attrition

• n. 摩擦；磨損；消耗

前綴at-同ad-. -tri,同turn, 轉，磨。

attuned 適應的

前綴at-同ad-. tune, 曲調。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 .

這是一場消耗戰。

來自《權威詞典》

2. They're trying to stop the attrition of their rights.

他們正竭力製止他們的權利的削減.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. The long war of attrition exhausted the strength of both countries.

這場長期的消耗戰耗盡了兩國的力量.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. The rebels have declared a ceasefire in their war of attrition against the government.

在與政府的消耗戰中，反叛者宣布停火。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The company plans to cut a quarter of its workforce over six years through natural attrition and fewer hirings.

公司計劃在6年內通過人員自然流失和減少雇用使員工總數減少1/4。

來自柯林斯例句