attrition

Schwund, Zermürbung

Eine schrittweise Abnahme von Anzahl oder Stärke, weil Menschen gehen oder Ressourcen aufgebraucht werden.

In einfachem Englisch: A gradual fall in numbers or strength as people leave or resources are used up.

• Staff attrition has increased this year.
• The team lost members through attrition.
• Years of fighting became a war of attrition.

Synonyme: gradual loss, depletion

Häufige Wendungen: staff attrition, attrition rate, war of attrition

abreiben, abschleifen

Etwas durch Reiben oder Schleifen abtragen.

In einfachem Englisch: To wear something down by rubbing or grinding it.

• Repeated contact can attrition the surface.
• The grinding process attritioned the rock into smaller particles.
• Constant rubbing had attritioned the edges of the sample.

Synonyme: wear down, abrade

Häufige Wendungen: attrition the rock, attrition a surface, attrition the teeth

schrumpfen, abnehmen

Weniger werden, weil Mitglieder gehen oder verloren gehen.

In einfachem Englisch: To become smaller in number as members leave or are lost.

• The group began to attrition after the first month.
• The original cohort attritioned to forty participants.
• Student numbers had attritioned steadily throughout the course.

So benutzt man es: attrition to a number (The group attritioned to twenty members by December.)

Synonyme: dwindle, decrease

Gegenteile: increase, grow

Häufige Wendungen: attrition to something, attrition over time, attrition gradually