attrition

/ә'triʃәn/

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📖 中文释义

  1. n. 摩擦, 磨损
  2. [医] 擦除术; 磨耗

🔗 释义中的汉语词

💬 双语例句

  1. Trump’s trade war will not succeed in driving China to abandon its aspiration to catch up to the advanced economies. China is ready to fight a war of attrition.

    特朗普的贸易战无法迫使中国放弃追赶发达经济体的愿望。 中国也已经准备去打一场消耗战。 不幸的是,双方 — — 以及世界其他地方 — — 都将在此过程中蒙受重大损失。

  2. NEWPORT BEACH – I was nine years old when Egypt entered what became known as its “war of attrition” with Israel. During this period of “no war and no peace,” underlying tensions festered, and a fragile tranquility was periodically interrupted by armed skirmishes.

  3. The war of attrition followed the June 1967 war, in which Egypt – to the immense surprise of most of its citizens and the outside world – was soundly defeated. Its air force was crippled and its army was virtually overrun, with Israel capturing the entire Sinai Peninsula.

🔵 同义词

🔗 常用搭配

war of attritionattrition eventually gaveattrition followedattrition the middle
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation
  2. n. a wearing down to weaken or destroy
  3. n. the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction