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- carry out or undergo the abortion of (a fetus)使流产, 堕（胎）。
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- no obj.(of a pregnant woman or female animal) have a miscarriage, with loss of the fetus（孕妇, 雌性动物）流产, 小产。
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- no obj. Biology (of an embryonic organ or organism) remain undeveloped; fail to mature【生】（胚胎器官, 有机体）发育不全, 败育。
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- bring to a premature end because of a problem or fault（由于问题或故障）中止, 使夭折：
the flight crew aborted the take-off.
机组人员中止了起飞。
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- informal or technical an act of aborting a flight, space mission, or other enterprise〈非正式或技〉（飞行、航天任务或其他事业的）中断, 取消：
an abort because of bad weather.
由于恶劣气候而中止的飞行。
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- an aborted enterprise or undertaking夭折的计划（或事业）：
I've wasted almost a year on an abort.
我在一项夭折的计划上浪费了几乎一年时间。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from Latin aboriri 'miscarry', from ab- 'away, from' + oriri 'be born'.