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单词 attrit
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Definition of attrit in English:

attrit

verbattrits, attriting, attrited əˈtrɪtəˈtrit
[with object]US informal
  • Wear down (an opponent or enemy) by sustained action.

    〈美,非正式〉消耗;削弱(对手,敌人)

    his defense was designed to attrit us

    他的防守目的是为了削弱我们。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • That's very subjective but I believe that air power today will attrit a division at about 8 per cent per day.
    • These divisions were placed in the Bloody Lane because they had been heavily attrited during the engagements at South Mountain.
    • Under some rare and fortunate circumstances, you can attrit the enemy without actually killing him.
    • The current operational tempo will continue to attrit units as they come off of their mobilization, at increasingly high numbers.
    • This finally brought the task force freedom of movement along main supply routes into and out of the city, as the enemy's outlying forces were attrited.
    • While the men have been working inside the city, other Marines have been relentlessly chasing and attriting the enemy outside the city.
    • It had been attrited to such a point by air strikes that it was no longer a viable fighting unit.
    • Until we achieve this level of coordination of effective fire and movement, the enemy will use their superior firepower to attrit us before we can close with and destroy them.
    • Meanwhile, they would seek to attrit the US Air Force through the use of air defense guns and missiles that could fire rapidly and then immediately move.

Origin

First World War: back-formation from attrition.

Definition of attrit in US English:

attrit

verbəˈtrit
[with object]US informal
  • Wear down (an opponent or enemy) by sustained action.

    〈美,非正式〉消耗;削弱(对手,敌人)

    his defense was designed to attrit us

    他的防守目的是为了削弱我们。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While the men have been working inside the city, other Marines have been relentlessly chasing and attriting the enemy outside the city.
    • The current operational tempo will continue to attrit units as they come off of their mobilization, at increasingly high numbers.
    • This finally brought the task force freedom of movement along main supply routes into and out of the city, as the enemy's outlying forces were attrited.
    • Until we achieve this level of coordination of effective fire and movement, the enemy will use their superior firepower to attrit us before we can close with and destroy them.
    • It had been attrited to such a point by air strikes that it was no longer a viable fighting unit.
    • That's very subjective but I believe that air power today will attrit a division at about 8 per cent per day.
    • Meanwhile, they would seek to attrit the US Air Force through the use of air defense guns and missiles that could fire rapidly and then immediately move.
    • Under some rare and fortunate circumstances, you can attrit the enemy without actually killing him.
    • These divisions were placed in the Bloody Lane because they had been heavily attrited during the engagements at South Mountain.

Origin

First World War: back-formation from attrition.

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