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attrition美 [ə'trɪʃ(ə)n] 英 [ə'trɪʃ(ə)n] 1. | （尤指给敌人造成的）削弱，消耗a process of making sb/sth, especially your enemy, weaker by repeatedly attacking them or creating problems for them |
| It was a war of attrition . 这是一场消耗战。 |
2. | 自然减员the process of reducing the number of people who are employed by an organization by, for example, not replacing people who leave their jobs |
n. | 1. the gradual reduction of the size of a work force that occurs when personnel lost through retirement or resignation are not replaced 2. the wearing away of a surface, typically by friction or abrasion 3. the gradual wearing away of morale and the powers of resistance by persistent attacks 4. remorse for sin engendered by the fear of damnation 5. a reduction in size, numbers, or strength 6. a deliberate gradual reduction in the number of workers in an organization, as a result of the organizations not replacing those who leave or die 7. the process of making an enemy physically and mentally weaker by continuously attacking them 1. the gradual reduction of the size of a work force that occurs when personnel lost through retirement or resignation are not replaced 2. the wearing away of a surface, typically by friction or abrasion 3. the gradual wearing away of morale and the powers of resistance by persistent attacks 4. remorse for sin engendered by the fear of damnation 5. a reduction in size, numbers, or strength 6. a deliberate gradual reduction in the number of workers in an organization, as a result of the organizations not replacing those who leave or die 7. the process of making an enemy physically and mentally weaker by continuously attacking them |
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