attrition
attrition 英 [əˈtrɪʃn] 美 [əˈtrɪʃən]
n. 摩擦；磨损；消耗
名词复数:attritions
- Attrition is a gradual process of wearing down, weakening, or destroying something.
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- n. 摩擦；磨损；消耗
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1. 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。
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2. Yet, as staff attrition occurs and as the business model accelerates, the tool cannot be modified to keep pace with the business needs.
但是，当职员间的摩擦发生以及商业模式增长时，这个方法不能改变自己以跟上公司发展的需要。
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3. It is also clear that there are no good ways to fight an enemy like Hamas that conducts attrition warfare while hiding behind its own women and children.
很清楚的是，对于哈马斯这样一边进行消耗战一边藏匿在己方妇女与儿童身后的敌人，以色列拿不出有效的应对办法。
- attrition (n.) early 15c., "a breaking;" 1540s, "abrasion, scraping, the rubbing of one thing against another," 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 assimilated form of ad "to" (see ad-) + terere "to rub" (from PIE root *tere- (1) "to rub, turn").
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