abort

1. V-T If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. 使流産

Her lover walked out on her after she had aborted their child. 在她打掉了他們的孩子之後，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(yán)重混亂。