Attrition(表示消耗、磨損的英文單詞)

"Attrition"是英語中表示消耗、磨損或自然減員的名詞，其含義因語境而異。在軍事領域，該詞指通過持續壓力削弱敵方力量或自信；商業場景中則描述因員工離職且未補缺導致的組織規模縮減。教育領域特指學員未完成課程的中途流失現象。此外在化工、醫學等專業領域，attrition分別指代材料磨損和牙齒磨耗等特定現象。

基本介紹

• 中文名：Attrition
• 詞性：名詞
• 發音：/əˈtrɪʃ(ə)n/

釋義

指通過摩擦、消耗或長期削弱導致力量減少，如"戰爭中的消耗戰略"

用法

作為多義詞，"attrition"在以下場景具有不同含義：

1. 人力資源管理：通過不替換離職員工而實現的自然減員
2. 教育領域：描述未完成課程或培訓項目的學員流失現象
3. 軍事領域："持久戰中的消耗戰術最終瓦解了敵軍士氣"
4. 企業管理："公司通過自然裁減將員工規模縮減了15%"
5. 醫學場景："夜間磨牙症會導致牙齒磨損加速"

詞源解析

該詞詞根"trit"源於拉丁語動詞"terere"（研磨），構詞邏輯包含：

1. 前綴"at-"（朝向）強化動作方向
2. 核心詞根體現物理磨損概念
3. 後綴"-tion"構成抽象名詞形式

雙語例句

• It was a war of attrition. 這是一場消耗戰。《牛津詞典》
• The rebels have declared a cease-fire in their war of attrition against the government. 在與政府的消耗戰中，叛軍已宣布停火。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• The long war of attrition exhausted the strength of both countries. 這場長期的消耗戰耗盡了兩國的力量。《新英漢大辭典》
• The company cut its workforce through natural attrition and fewer hirings. 該公司通過自然流失及減少招聘縮減了員工數量。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
• This may mean smaller enrollments, but given today's attrition rates, the number of graduates need not drop. 這可能意味著入學人數的減少，但考慮到今天的流失率，畢業生的數量不必下降。
• If the attrition problem cannot be successfully addressed, Hachnut should discontinue the sponsorship program. 如果損耗問題不能被成功地解決，Hachnut應該停止贊助項目。
• The attrition among undergraduates is particularly surprising because college standards have apparently fallen. 由於大學教育水平明顯下降，本科生的流失尤其令人吃驚。
• Hachnut has found, however, that the attrition rate of graduates from this program is very high, with many of them leaving Hachnut to join competing firms soon after completing the program. 然而，哈克納特發現，該項目的畢業生流失率非常高，許多人在完成項目後不久就離開哈克納特，然後加入了其競爭對手的公司。
• The proposed budget includes more than $1 billion in cuts that will shrink the police department through attrition, have halted some ambulance shifts, and have suspended plastic and glass recycling. 擬議的預算包括超過10億美元的削減，這將通過減員來縮小警察部門的規模，已經停止了一些救護車的班次，並暫停了塑膠和玻璃回收。
• Attrition is another scenario to consider. 削減是要考慮的另一種情況。
• Peasants were the pawns in this war of attrition. 農夫們成為這場消耗戰的被人利用的棋子
• The attrition rate at Airbus China is low, at 3%. 空客的自然減員很低達3%。
• Yet discipline is poor, and the attrition rate high. 但他們的紀律差，流失率高。
• Staffing: Additions and attrition among development staff. 人員安排：開發人員中附加和消耗。
• It IS not so much a takeover battle as a war of attrition. 與其說這是一場收購戰，倒不如說是消耗戰。
• Staffing: Additions and attrition among the test team. 人員安排：在測試團隊中的人員增加和削減。
• The rate of attrition among New York judges has spiked. 所以紐約州的法官流失率陡增。
• The soe problem is also solving itself through attrition. 國企還正在通過減員來解決自身的問題
• A low attrition rate for good team members is a sign of success. 對於好的團隊成員的低消耗時成功的信號。
• It looks like my company will reduce its staff through attrition. 我打算下半年退休，因為我所在的那家公司似乎要通過自然減員來精簡編制。
• Attrition rates are high, as large Numbers of soldiers are killed or quit. 由於大量的士兵戰死或者退出，消耗率居高不下。
• Attrition Not Considered in Recent Reports of App Store Sizes, growth. 近期AppStore規模和增長率報告中沒有考慮軟體流失問題。
• Staffing: Additions and attrition among configuration management staff. 人員安排：在配置管理人員中的增添和減少。
• Neither Royal Mail nor its workforce stands to benefit from such attrition. 不管是皇家郵政還是郵政工人都不能從這種衰退中獲益。
• For one thing, the app attrition rate is often a factor in calculating store sizes. 一方面，軟體流失率通常作為估計套用商店規模的一個因素。
• With the job market booming and salaries rising, companies can expect to see high attrition in 2011. 隨著就業市場復甦，薪酬水平上升，企業在2011年預計將出現較高的人員流動。
• Part of the active user drop can also be attributed to the attrition rate on any given DPAR over time. 部分活動用戶的減少也歸結於隨時間的推移在任何給定dpar上的損失率。
• He told his supporters: "we conducted a war of attrition against Russia for 10 years until they went bankrupt." 他告訴他的支持者：“我們和俄羅斯打了10年的消耗戰，直到他們破產。”
• Eventually, all IPv4 equipment will be replaced by attrition and IPv6 will be the only address protocol in use. 最後，所有的IPv4的設備將被消耗替換，IPv6將是唯一使用的地址協定。