abort
美音:
[ə´bɔ:t
]英音:
[ə´bɔ:t
]vi.异常中断,中途失败,夭折,流产,发育不全 n.中止计划[任务]
难易程度:
abort为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:aborted 过去分词:aborted 现在分词:aborting 第三人称单数:aborts
abort
/ə'bɔ:t; ə`bɔrt/
v
1 (medical医)
(a) [Tn] cause (sb/sth) to undergo abortion 使流产; 使堕胎
*abort an expectant mother, a deformed foetus, the pregnancy 为孕妇, 因为胎儿畸形, 为终止妊娠做人工流产.
(b) [I] undergo abortion; miscarry 流产; 小产
*She aborted after four months. 她怀孕四个月後流产了.
2 [I, Tn] (cause sth to) end prematurely and unsuccessfully (使某事物)中止, 夭折
*abort a space mission, ie cancel it in space, usu because of mechanical trouble 中止一次航天任务(通常因机械故障而在太空中取消该任务)
* abort a computer program 中止计算机的程序.
abort
v[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;Origin: abortare, from abortus, past participle of aboriri
'to give birth to a dead baby', from ab-
'away' + oriri
'to rise, be born']
[T]to stop an activity because it would be difficult or dangerous to continue it
The rescue mission had to be aborted. [T]to deliberately end a
pregnancy when the baby is still too young to live
[I]if a
pregnant woman or animal aborts, the baby is born too early and is dead when it is born
The disease causes pregnant animals to abort.