attrition

logoramento, riduzione graduale

Una diminuzione progressiva del numero o della forza dovuta all’abbandono delle persone o all’esaurimento delle risorse.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: gradual loss, depletion

Espressioni comuni: staff attrition, attrition rate, war of attrition

abradere, consumare

Consumare qualcosa strofinandolo o macinandolo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: wear down, abrade

Espressioni comuni: attrition the rock, attrition a surface, attrition the teeth

diminuire, ridursi

Ridursi di numero perché alcuni membri se ne vanno o vengono persi.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: attrition to a number (The group attritioned to twenty members by December.)

Sinonimi: dwindle, decrease

Contrari: increase, grow

Espressioni comuni: attrition to something, attrition over time, attrition gradually