abort(英文單詞)

vt.使流產; 使夭折; 使中止;

vi.流產; 墮胎; 發育不全;

n.流產; 中止計畫

發音

[əˈbɔ:t]

詞形變化

aborts, aborting, aborted

釋義

柯林斯Cobuild英語學習詞典Collins Cobuild Learner's Dictionary:

1. If an unborn baby is aborted, the preganancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
   例：...the lover who walked out on her after she had aborted their child.
   
2. If some one aborts a process, plan, or activity, they stop it before it has been completed.
   例：The take-off was aborted.