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attrition [D'tr0NDn] n. 1. (尤指給敵人造成的) 削弱；消耗
It was a war of attrition. // They fought a long war of attrition.
2. (由於辭職、退休或死亡) 自然減員 (英式= natural wastage )
The staff has been thinned through attrition.
a growing attrition rate = a growing rate of attrition
terror [}tGrQ] n. 1. 恐懼；驚恐
She screamed in terror.
She ran away in terror when she saw that the man had a gun.
2. (有政治目的的) 恐怖活動 terrorism
The president said he was doing everything possible to protect the country from
terror.
terrorism [}tGrD`r0zDm] n. 恐怖主義
We strongly oppose all forms of terrorism.
The bombing was an act of terrorism.
terrorist [}tGrDr0st] n. 恐怖份子；恐怖主義份子
The terrorists who bombed the embassy were jailed for life.
adj.
The killing was a terrorist act.
terrorist attack 恐怖襲擊 // a terrorist bombing恐怖爆炸
terrorize [}tGrD`ra0z] v. 恐嚇；恫嚇；威脅；使驚恐不安 96指
Some of the older children terrorized the younger kids.
This gang terrorized the entire community.
People were terrorized into leaving their homes.
intuit [0n}tuDt] v. 憑直覺知道
He intuited that something was badly wrong.
She was able to intuit the answer immediately.
He intuited a connection between the two crimes.
in.tu.i.tion [`0ntu}0NDn] n. 直覺a feeling, a guess about something without certain
facts 85
My intuition told me not to trust her, but I wasn’t sure why.
He used his intuition, not a map, to find my house.
in.tu.i.tive [0n}tuDt0v] adj. 直覺的 related to feeling, not learned knowledge 87
He never took lessons, but he has an intuitive knack for playing the piano.
an intuitive awareness /judgment /understanding
He has an intuitive understanding of the business.
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