aborted
past simple and past participle ofabort
| 单词 | aborted |
| 释义 | aborted past simple and past participle ofabort abort verb uk/əˈbɔːt/us/əˈbɔːrt/abortverb(STOP)[IorT] tocausesomething tostoporfailbefore itbeginsor before it iscomplete: Themissionhad to be aborted at the lastminute. If something goeswrongduring thelaunchsequencethesystemwillautomaticallyabort.
Causing something to end
abortverb(END PREGNANCY)[IorT] tostopthedevelopmentof ababythat has not beenborn, usually by having amedicaloperation: Hedeclaredthat women have arightto abort a nonviablefetus. Thedecisionto abort may bebasedon manyfactors. [I] to have amiscarriage(= an early,unintentionalend to apregnancy): Thebacterialinfectioncancauseanimalsto abort.
Examplesofabortedaborted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Within the fruits, viable andabortedseed scars were easily distinguishable, so seed output was estimated by dividing all viable seed scars in half. From theCambridge English Corpus In spontaneouslyabortedfetuses or stillborn babies, over 70% of cardiac defects are associated with noncardiac malformations. From theCambridge English Corpus However, production ofabortedgrains after anthesis, whilst being functionally valuable to the crop, has a commercial disadvantage. From theCambridge English Corpus Mean abundance of o flowers and fruits per plant and mean number ofaborted, predated, and surviving seeds per fruit were estimated. From theCambridge English Corpus This wasabortedas the regional electoral officer boycotted the meeting. From theCambridge English Corpus If what follows is a text, it is incomplete, anabortedmanifesto. From theCambridge English Corpus These attempts wereabortedlater, when he realised that they were at best tangential to the real distinction that he was trying to make. From theCambridge English Corpus Excepting perhaps the fetuses that areabortedas a result of such a program, no one would be asked to make sacrifices. From theCambridge English Corpus Various studies have been done using spontaneouslyabortedfetuses, but there has been no mention of dissolution of cords. From theCambridge English Corpus Similarly, the inclusion of women of high or low parity as well as women who have alreadyabortedcould affect the rates. From theCambridge English Corpus If the tracker was unable to find the joint during the search the process wasabortedand the robot stopped. From theCambridge English Corpus Would they prefer to beabortedthan to be born an octuplet? From theCambridge English Corpus So far, no transplant has beenabortedfor this reason after an ethics review. From theCambridge English Corpus Very often, if the fetus is female, it isaborted. From theCambridge English Corpus If these fetuses are healthy, they should not beaborted. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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