attrition
英[?'tr??(?)n]
美[?'tr???n]
- n. 摩擦；磨損；消耗
助記提示
Attrition：我捶甚。我努力的捶，用力的捶----消磨，磨損。諧音“我擦損”。
中文詞源
attrition 磨損
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。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 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.
- 他們正竭力制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