abort

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a·bort /əˈbɔːt $ -ɔːrt/ verb

1 [transitiveT]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING to stop an activity because it would be difficult or dangerous to continue it 〔因困难或危险〕使〔活动〕中止

The rescue mission had to be aborted.

救援任务不得不停止。

2. [transitiveT]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING to deliberately end a pregnancy when the baby is still too young to live 使〔胎儿〕流产，打掉〔胎儿〕

3 [intransitiveI]STOP HAPPENING if a pregnant woman or animal aborts, the baby is born too early and is dead when it is born 流产，小产 SYN miscarry

The disease causes pregnant animals to abort.

这种疾病会导致怀孕的动物流产。

Examples from the Corpus

abort• Pietr only found out by accident, when she applied to have the child aborted.• The disease kills piglets and causes sows to abort.• When we fail to justly punish the criminal, the community sees justice aborted.• The mission was aborted after news came of the capture of the city.• The law allows women to abort an early-stage pregnancy.• The plane had already started its descent when the pilot received orders to abort his landing.• Would I abort if my child was likely to have some kind of deformity?• In addition, oxygen inhalations are given to abort the acute attacks.• Yet the mob somehow aborts the landing and pulls the plane up sensibly.• The plane aborted the takeoff and crashed into the water.

Origin abort