attrit

vt.消耗,削弱 n. (军事上)消耗敌人的行动, 消耗战

发音

/əˈtɹɪt/

词形变化

attrits 复数 attrits attrits 三单 attritted attritting attriting 现在分词 attritting 现在分词 attrited 过去式 attrited 过去分词 attritted 过去式 attritted 过去分词

别名

attrite

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who voluntarily or involuntarily leaves a company; a termed employee.

    可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition.

  2. 2.

    To engage in attrition; to quit or drop out.

  3. 3.

    To be reduced in quantity through attrition.

  4. 4.

    To lose, or to kill, troops by attrition due to sustained firepower.

    政治 军事

词源

From Latin attrītus, past participle of atterō. Said by multiple dictionaries to be a back-formation from attrition, but it is not a recent one, being centuries old.

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