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attrition

/uh-trish-uhn/US // əˈtrɪʃ ən //UK // (əˈtrɪʃən) //

自然减员,减员,耗损,流失

Related Words

erosion侵蚀,冲蚀,侵蚀作用,腐蚀attenuation衰减,衰减量,衰减作用,衰变debilitation衰弱,衰竭,减弱,虚弱grinding研磨,研制,研判,研削abrasion磨损,擦伤,耐磨性,磨蚀wear穿着,磨损,穿戴,磨损程度depreciation贬值,折旧,折旧费,摊销disintegration瓦解,解体,分解,崩解rubbing摩擦,擦伤,擦擦,搓揉thinning变薄,减薄,瘦身,瘦削weakening弱化,削弱,减弱,衰弱化repentance忏悔,悔改,悔恨,悔过remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔penitence忏悔,告解,悔过penance忏悔,告解,忏悔,苦行contriteness忏悔,悔过,悔改,悔过自新remorsefulness悔恨,忏悔,悔意,悔过书

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength: Our club has had a high rate of attrition because so many members have moved away.
    • : a wearing down or weakening of resistance, especially as a result of continuous pressure or harassment: The enemy surrounded the town and conducted a war of attrition.
    • : a gradual reduction in workforce without firing or layoff of personnel, as when workers resign or retire and are not replaced.
    • : the act of rubbing against something; friction.
    • : a wearing down or away by friction; abrasion.
    • : Theology. imperfect contrition.See under contrition.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounregret
Synonyms
contriteness忏悔,悔过,悔改,悔过自新penance忏悔,告解,忏悔,苦行penitence忏悔,告解,悔过remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔repentance忏悔,悔改,悔恨,悔过remorsefulness悔恨,忏悔,悔意,悔过书
nounwearing down or away
Synonyms
erosion侵蚀,冲蚀,侵蚀作用,腐蚀abrasion磨损,擦伤,耐磨性,磨蚀attenuation衰减,衰减量,衰减作用,衰变debilitation衰弱,衰竭,减弱,虚弱depreciation贬值,折旧,折旧费,摊销disintegration瓦解,解体,分解,崩解grinding研磨,研制,研判,研削rubbing摩擦,擦伤,擦擦,搓揉thinning变薄,减薄,瘦身,瘦削weakening弱化,削弱,减弱,衰弱化wear穿着,磨损,穿戴,磨损程度

Examples

  • Some of the performance in 2020 can be attributed to the injury bug and attrition that ravaged the offensive line, and the lack of spring practice and pandemic-affected fall camp couldn’t have helped.

  • A permanent war of attrition will, in the long run, be hugely damaging for both sides.

  • The brutality and attrition of cycling is, of course, what makes it so thrilling to follow, but it can also evoke the deadly days of Formula 1 in the 1960s and 1970s, which prompted drivers like Jackie Stewart to demand better safety precautions.

  • Our attrition rate in all the countries that we operate is half of that of the national average.

  • There is more reason to marvel, a welcome balance to a season-long deluge of attrition and fatigue.

  • It is not a decisive war, with a single, signature victory, but a war of attrition.

  • But there is no consensus about what the attrition of ISIS looks like.

  • The past two months have been a war of attrition between the Hong Kong government and pro-democracy protestors.

  • Sen. Rand Paul has called for the “attrition if not an outright elimination of the IRS.”

  • Following the attrition of heavy industry in the 1980s, the income gap across the United Kingdom has grown substantially.

  • River sand is frequently used, but is not so good as pit sand on account of the particles being rubbed smooth by attrition.

  • When arising from rough friction or attrition, they are more commonly called abrasions.

  • How charming, how delightful, how inspiring is the eloquence which is kindled by the attrition of gifted minds!

  • Anti-attrition, an′ti-at-trish′on, n. anything which counteracts attrition or friction—also figuratively.

  • Neither of them had the slightest traces of gangue, or vein-matter, nor of attrition in being removed from the parent beds.

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