Attrition rates for women who had babies plunged by 50%.

生育完孩子的女性员工的流失率降低了一半。

They have lower job turnover. They have lower levels of attrition.

工作流动率更低，员工会更专心工作。

In the long run, companies are likely to bear more cost of high attrition rates.

从长远来看，公司很有可能将受损率。

But in this case it's due to attrition.

但个例子是由于消耗流失所造的。

Though language acquisition is well studied, language attrition is not.

虽然语言习得有深入的研究，但语言退化却没有。

It has become a real war of attrition.

已经变了一场真正的消耗战。

This map shows some of the cities that have been leveled by Russia's grinding war of attrition.

张地图显示了一些被俄罗斯消耗战夷为平地的城市。

But it also puts pressure on attrition rates in an industry already known for the mercenary outlook of its employees.

但在一个员工唯利是图的行业，给员工流失率带来了压力。

Attrition, particularly of the regime's supply routes and its command-and-control centres, slowly ground down Colonel Qaddafi's military forces.

不断的消耗，尤其是对政府补给线和指挥中心的持续打击，慢慢粉碎了卡扎菲的军队。

Now we're going to learn the word attrition.

现在我们来学习“消耗”一词。

We have: prompted, formal and attrition.

促使、正式和消耗。

OK. So can we use attrition outside of a business context?

好的。那么，我们能在商业语境之外使用 attrition 吗？

A real end. Not a temporary ceasefire, which territorial concessions might bring, not a stalemate in a war of attrition.

真正的结束。不是领土上的让步可能带来的暂时停火，不是消耗战的僵局。

The business meaning of 'attrition' is that companies get smaller as people leave and they're not replaced.

“人员流失”的商业含义是，随着员工的离开，公司规模会越来越小，而些岗位却没有人接替。

His enthusiasm comes across. In math, if you don't, kind of, practice it, you get this attrition of your mathematical thinking.

作者的热忱表露出来。数学的领域，如果你没有有点去运用的话，你的数学思考能力就会磨损。

Groups like this tend to be pretty fluid with slow build up and high attrition.

像样的群体往往流动性很强，建立缓慢，人员流失率。

The probability distribution in this war of attrition is going to look like this.

场消耗战的概率分布将会呈现如下形态。

It's a war of attrition that  Big Pharma will always win.

是一场消耗战，大型制药公司总是会获胜。

Our ranks have grown smaller due to attrition.

我们的队伍因为人员流失而变小了。

Attrition means a gradual decrease in numbers.

损耗意味着数量的逐渐减少。