英语词汇“abort”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

abortabort /əˈbɔrt/ verb

ETYMOLOGYabort

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin abortare, from abortus, past participle of aboriri to give birth to a dead baby, from ab- away + oriri to rise, be born

VERB TABLE

abort

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	abort
	he, she, it	aborts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	aborted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have aborted
	he, she, it	has aborted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had aborted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will abort
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have aborted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am aborting
	he, she, it	is aborting
	you, we, they	are aborting
Past	I, he, she, it	was aborting
	you, we, they	were aborting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been aborting
	he, she, it	has been aborting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been aborting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be aborting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been aborting

1[transitive] to stop an activity because it would be difficult or dangerous to continue it: The rescue mission had to be aborted.2[transitive] to deliberately end a pregnancy when the baby is still too young to live → miscarry: The law allows women to abort an early stage pregnancy.3[intransitive] if a pregnant woman or animal aborts, the baby is born too early and is dead when it is born: The disease causes pregnant animals to abort.