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单词 pro-life
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Definition of pro-life in English:

pro-life

adjective prəʊˈlʌɪfproʊˈlaɪf
  • Opposing abortion and euthanasia.

    she is a pro-life activist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pro-life movement does not hide behind deceptive language but rather sheds light on the truth.
    • Therapeutic cloning is backed by medical charities and the government but opposed by pro-life groups.
    • My parents have been involved in the pro-life movement for decades.
    • In refusing to deal with these questions, feminism has become an ally of the pro-life movement.
    • The support of violence is not compatible with being in the pro-life movement.
    • It continues to amaze me how the same organizations that are pro-life are maddeningly pro-capital punishment.
    • During the 1980s a militant wing of the pro-life movement had attempted to close clinics by direct action.
    • Even some members of the pro-life movement found the organisation's behaviour disturbing.
    • Abortion clinics opened and did a thriving business, even in the face of much pro-life mayhem.
    • I believe what accounts for this is the purity of the pro-life movement's cause.
    • Roberts is a devout Catholic and is married to an ardent pro-life activist.
    • I would not argue for the pro-life position based on this, because you don't know.
    • If pro-life activists get their way and abortion is once again made illegal, my life along with many others could be ruined.
    • Over the last six months, I have had numerous conversations with pro-life democrats.
    • This problem of the efficacy of natural law is strategically important to the pro-life movement.
    • His comments are likely to stir opposition from pro-life groups, who say it is unethical to create an unborn child for research.
    • When extremist pro-life individuals and groups burn down abortion clinics, is that not an act of terrorism?
    • I don't think it was pro-life propaganda, but I do believe that it could be easily used by pro-life propagandists.
    • Their opposition to a pro-life referendum in the Republic displays this.
    • The pro-life movement will inform the European Union of anything which we do not think is ethical.

Derivatives

  • pro-lifer

  • noun prəʊˈlʌɪfəproʊˈlaɪfər
    • The big question is whether Bush, a pro-lifer himself, is secure enough with social conservatives to take this risk.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • One of the perennial issues among pro-lifers is whether one is justified in promoting some legal restrictions on abortion that are short of the types of laws that pro-lifers would like to see.
      • He alarmed pro-choice activists by stating that the Democratic Party needed to be more ‘inclusive’ of pro-lifers.
      • While the pro-choice movement has strongly opposed the Bush administration, pro-lifers are somewhat divided over the degree of support they are likely to receive from the president.
      • Soon after, my friend received a call from someone he knew at one of the choice groups, expressing their displeasure because the attorney general had appointed a good lawyer to represent the pro-lifers.

Rhymes

fife, Fyfe, knife, life, rife, still-life, strife, wife
 
 

Definition of pro-life in US English:

pro-life

adjectiveproʊˈlaɪfprōˈlīf
  • Opposing abortion and euthanasia.

    she is a pro-life activist
    Compare with pro-choice
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If pro-life activists get their way and abortion is once again made illegal, my life along with many others could be ruined.
    • Roberts is a devout Catholic and is married to an ardent pro-life activist.
    • I would not argue for the pro-life position based on this, because you don't know.
    • When extremist pro-life individuals and groups burn down abortion clinics, is that not an act of terrorism?
    • The pro-life movement will inform the European Union of anything which we do not think is ethical.
    • It continues to amaze me how the same organizations that are pro-life are maddeningly pro-capital punishment.
    • I don't think it was pro-life propaganda, but I do believe that it could be easily used by pro-life propagandists.
    • This problem of the efficacy of natural law is strategically important to the pro-life movement.
    • My parents have been involved in the pro-life movement for decades.
    • Over the last six months, I have had numerous conversations with pro-life democrats.
    • During the 1980s a militant wing of the pro-life movement had attempted to close clinics by direct action.
    • The support of violence is not compatible with being in the pro-life movement.
    • Abortion clinics opened and did a thriving business, even in the face of much pro-life mayhem.
    • Their opposition to a pro-life referendum in the Republic displays this.
    • In refusing to deal with these questions, feminism has become an ally of the pro-life movement.
    • Even some members of the pro-life movement found the organisation's behaviour disturbing.
    • I believe what accounts for this is the purity of the pro-life movement's cause.
    • The pro-life movement does not hide behind deceptive language but rather sheds light on the truth.
    • Therapeutic cloning is backed by medical charities and the government but opposed by pro-life groups.
    • His comments are likely to stir opposition from pro-life groups, who say it is unethical to create an unborn child for research.
 
 
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