abortion
n. 流产, 堕胎, 失败, 夭折, 中止 [医] 流产, 小产; 顿挫
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流产，堕胎，小产；流产的胎儿；（计划等）失败，夭折
a medical operation to end a pregnancy so that the baby is not born alive
She decided to have an abortion .
她决定做人工流产。
anti-abortion campaigners
参与反堕胎运动的人
释义与例句
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1.
The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
A spontaneous abortion; a miscarriage.
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The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus.
An induced abortion.
流产
人工流产
人流
堕胎
打胎
可数 不可数 医学Mary decided to have an abortion because she was too young to raise a baby.
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An aborted foetus; an abortus.
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A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
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Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
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Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
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The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
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From Latin abortiōnem (“miscarriage, abortion”), from aborior (“to miscarry”). Equivalent to abort + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣwyrp (literally “throwing out, rejection”).
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