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

生育完孩子的女性员的流失率降低了一半。

Now we're going to learn the word attrition.

现在我们来习“消耗”一词。

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

流动率更低，员也会更专心。

It has become a real war of attrition.

这已经变成了一场真正的消耗战。

But in this case it's due to attrition.

但这个例子是由于消耗流失所造成的。

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。

Even rational players can get themselves in trouble in wars of attrition.

即使是理性的玩家也可能在消耗战中陷入困境。

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

从长远来看，公司很有可能将承担高受损率。

We have: prompted, formal and attrition.

促使、正式和消耗。

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

这张地图显示了一些被俄罗斯消耗战夷为平地的城市。

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？

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

但在一个员唯利是图的行业，这也给员流失率带来了压力。

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。

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

这场消耗战中的概率分布将如下所示。

The thing we found out was, in these war of attrition settings, there is an equilibrium with rational players.

我们发现的是， 在这些消耗战的设定中，与理性的玩家之间存在平衡。

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，随着员的离开，公司规模会越来越小，而这些岗位却没有人接替。

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，也不是消耗战的僵局。

This attrition, we look and we feel older, yeah.

这种减员，我们看起来和我们感觉更老了， 是的。

Our telomeres are losing the war of attrition faster.

我们的端粒正在更快地失去消耗战。

Why is the rate of attrition sustainable for Russia?

为什么俄罗斯的减员率是可持续的？