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    Attrition is a gradual or reduction that happens through constant pressure over a long time, rather than all at once. In history, a 'war of attrition' is a war where neither side attacks hard — they just slowly wear each other down. In business, 'staff attrition' means employees gradually leaving over time and not being replaced, so the workforce quietly shrinks.

    消耗、耗損；(人員)自然流失

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組成From Latin 'attritio' / 'atterere', meaning to rub against or wear down — ad- (against) + terere (to rub).

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  • detritusboth come from the Latin verb terere, meaning to rub or wear down

原始詞典資料10 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

attritionnoun/əˈtɹɪʃən/

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    Grinding down or wearing away by friction.

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    dentistrymedicinesciencesGrinding down or wearing away by friction.

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    A gradual reduction in number.

    • Recent years have seen […] more and more blatant reversals of previous Supreme Court decisions in favor of the constitutional rights of minorities. These increasingly conservative decisions, and constant attrition of individuals' rights, have directly paralleled the alarming increase of convictions in our courts.
    • But the rise of multiracialism is not all Kumbaya choruses and “postracial” identity. The N.A.A.C.P. criticized the census change, fearing that since so few in the black community are of fully African descent, mass attrition to a mixed-race option could threaten political clout and Federal financing.
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    A gradual reduction in number.

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    sciencesA gradual reduction in number.

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    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesA gradual reduction in number.

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    lifestylereligiontheologyImperfect contrition or remorse.

attritionverb/əˈtɹɪʃən/

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    To grind or wear down through friction.

    • attritioned teeth; attritioned rock
    • […] He took her in his arms And kissed her long and wetly, Till, attritioned by her charms, His will collapsed completely.
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    To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).

    • […] but the heart of the health services in New York will have to attrition out some 3,000 to 5,000 jobs.
    • […] expenses can be cut, by attritioning faculty vacancies […]
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    To undergo a reduction in number.

    • The cohort of one hundred students had attritioned to sixty by the end of secondary school.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。