attrition
pronunciation
UK [əˈtrɪʃn]
US [əˈtrɪʃn]
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- n.
- 消耗
- 消磨
- 摩擦
- （神学）不彻底的忏悔
Word Origin
attrition 磨损
前缀at-同ad-. -tri,同turn, 转，磨。 attuned 适应的 前缀at-同ad-. tune, 曲调。指舞曲一致。
Example
- 1. Now , qaddafi can play a game of attrition .
- 现在，卡扎菲玩起了消耗战。
- 2. The rate of attrition among new york judges has spiked .
- 这样的摩擦让纽约的法官忿忿不平。
- 3. Peasants were the pawns in this war of attrition .
- 农民不过是战争损耗的牺牲品。
- 4. Less hubristic and more informed leaders would have realised that both countries had the manpower and industrial resources to prevail in a war of attrition .
- 更谦逊、见识更为广博的将领会意识到俄美两国都有足够的人力物力打赢一场消耗战。
- 5. They provided the main pipeline into iraq for sunni jihadists to wage attrition against us occupying forces and to slaughter shia civilians .
- 他们向伊拉克提供了主要的输油管道，让逊尼派圣战主义者得以对美国占领军发起消耗战，并屠杀什叶派平民。
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