柯林斯詞典abort /??b??t/ (aborting,aborted,aborts) 1. V-T If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. 使流產(chǎn) Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child. 在她打掉了他們的孩子之后,她的情人離開了她。2. V-T If someone aborts a process, plan, or activity, they stop it before it has been completed. 中途放棄 When the decision was made to abort the mission, there was great confusion. 中途放棄這次任務(wù)的決定引起了嚴重混亂。 返回 abort劍橋詞典 abort verb (STOP) [ 及物動詞:后面接賓語的動詞 ] to cause something to stop or fail before it begins or before it is complete 中止;使夭折;使中途失敗 The plan /flight had to be aborted at the last minute . 計劃/飛行被迫在最后一刻取消。 abort verb (END PREGNANCY) [ 及物動詞:后面接賓語的動詞 ] to stop the development of a baby that has not been born , usually by having a medical operation (通常指通過手術(shù))墮胎,人工流產(chǎn) Do you think it's wrong to use aborted foetuses for medical research ? 你是否認為用流產(chǎn)的嬰兒做醫(yī)學研究是不道德的? [ 不及物動詞:后面不接賓語的動詞 ] another word for miscarry (miscarriage) 流產(chǎn),小產(chǎn)(miscarry 的另一種說法) 例句 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