aborting
present participle ofabort
| 单词 | aborting |
| 释义 | aborting present 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.
Examplesofabortingaborting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Abortingit would arguably be permissible even if the fetus were to come within the scope of the constraint against harmful using. From theCambridge English Corpus Antibodies to trophoblast in normal pregnant and secondaryabortingwomen. From theCambridge English Corpus Mahowald may be correct in claiming that many of the reasons prospective parents give forabortingbased on disability are not discriminatory. From theCambridge English Corpus Abortingabnormal fetuses: the parental perspective. From theCambridge English Corpus If this were true, it would imply that over 7000 women each year were successfullyabortingthemselves by instrumental methods without the assistance of anyone else. From theCambridge English Corpus The mere promise of a review of grant in the light of theabortingof the previous one is a wholly insufficient substitute. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The alternative is to have ante-natal screening and to face the difficult decision ofabortinga much-wanted pregnancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 How many doctors have been prosecuted forabortingchildren who were capable of being born alive? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I talked with farmers whose ewes wereabortingtheir lambs due to drinking the infected water. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The third situation which is unsatisfactory is where doctors disagree aboutabortinga woman, or where they refuse to abort a woman on medical grounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Early detection and targeted control interventions have already proved their value in the region throughabortingpotential epidemics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am so glad that we never consideredabortinghim in the womb. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 First, there are the single women, who never admit that they areabortingor, indeed, that they have ever been pregnant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Clearly, rejection of an embryo earlier than 14 days is preferable toabortinga foetus much later on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is extremely difficult to bring down that requirement in any satisfactory way withoutabortingrecovery at the same time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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