词汇 | attrition |
释义 | attrition 1 ENTRIES FOUND: attrition (noun) attrition /əˈtrɪʃən/ noun attrition /əˈtrɪʃən/ noun Learner's definition of ATTRITION [noncount] formal 1 chiefly US : a reduction in the number of employees or participants that occurs when people leave because they resign, retire, etc., and are not replaced(由于辞职、退休等引起的)自然减员 The staff has been thinned through attrition. [=the staff has become smaller because people have left]由于自然减员,员工队伍已变小。 Attrition is high among social workers because of the difficult work and poor pay.由于工作辛苦且收入低,社会工作者当中的减员很多。 a growing attrition rate = a growing rate of attrition不断增长的减员率 — called also (British) natural wastage 2 : the act or process of weakening and gradually defeating an enemy through constant attacks and continued pressure over a long period of time消耗;耗损 — used especially in the phrase war of attrition尤用于短语war of attrition They can only gain victory by fighting a long war of attrition.他们只能靠长期的消耗战获胜。 |
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