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attrition
- IPA[əˈtriSHən]
美式
- the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure;the gradual reduction of a workforce by employees' leaving and not being replaced rather than by their being laid off
noun: attrition
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名詞
- 1. the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure the council is trying to wear down the opposition by attrition the squadron suffered severe attrition of its bombers 同義詞
- ▪ the gradual reduction of a workforce by employees' leaving and not being replaced rather than by their being laid off with so few retirements since March, the year's attrition was insignificant
- ▪ wearing away by friction; abrasion the skull shows attrition of the edges of the teeth 同義詞
- 2. (in scholastic theology) sorrow, but not contrition, for sin.
- a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- a prolonged period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear down the other by ...
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[əˈtrɪʃn]
英式
- the process of reducing something's strength or effectiveness through sustained attack or ... the council is trying to wear down the opposition by attrition the squadron suffered severe attrition of its bombers
Oxford Dictionary