abort
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. 使流产
Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child. 在她打掉了他们的孩子之后,她的情人离开了她。
2. V-T If someone aborts a process, plan, or activity, they stop it before it has been completed. 中途放弃
When the decision was made to abort the mission, there was great confusion. 中途放弃这次任务的决定引起了严重混乱。
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abort /əˈbɔːt/ (aborting,aborted,aborts)
剑桥词典
- This change in the law would make abortion illegal except for strictly defined medical reasons .
- We're conducting a poll to find out what people think about abortion .
- Some women choose to have an abortion rather than care for a severely disabled child .
- Her husband longed for children , and she had an abortion without telling him.
- Many women die or become infertile as a result of unsafe abortions . 返回 abort
abort verb (STOP)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to cause something to stop or fail before it begins or before it is complete
中止;使夭折;使中途失败
The plan /flight had to be aborted at the last minute . 计划/飞行被迫在最后一刻取消。
abort verb (END PREGNANCY)
[ 及物动词:后面接宾语的动词 ]to stop the development of a baby that has not been born , usually by having a medical operation
(通常指通过手术)堕胎,人工流产
Do you think it's wrong to use aborted foetuses for medical research ? 你是否认为用流产的婴儿做医学研究是不道德的?
[ 不及物动词:后面不接宾语的动词 ]
another word for miscarry (miscarriage)
流产,小产(miscarry 的另一种说法)
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