English Dictionary

attrition

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈtɹɪʃən/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To grind or wear down through friction. / (transitive) To reduce the number of (jobs or workers) by not hiring new employees to fill positions that become vacant (often with out).

日本語の意味

摩擦によって削り取る、すり減らす / 欠員補充を行わずに（職務や労働者の）数を減らす

To attrition the metal rim, the mechanic rubbed it against the grinding wheel until the burr disappeared.

金属の縁を擦り減らすために、整備士はバリがなくなるまでそれを砥石にこすりつけた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To grind or wear down through friction.

attritioned teeth; attritioned rock

意味（2）

(transitive) 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.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To undergo a reduction in number.

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

attritions （ present singular third-person ）

attritioning （ participle present ）

attritioned （ participle past ）

attritioned （ past ）