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单词 abortive
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•bor•tive /əˈbɔrtɪv/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. failing to succeed;
    unsuccessful: an abortive rebellion.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
a•bor•tive  (ə bôr′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. failing to succeed;
    unsuccessful:an abortive rebellion; an abortive scheme.
  2. born prematurely.
  3. imperfectly developed;
    rudimentary.
  4. Medicine
    • producing or intended to produce abortion;
      abortifacient.
    • acting to halt progress of a disease.
  5. Pathology(of the course of a disease) short and mild without the usual, pronounced clinical symptoms.
  6. Botany(of seeds or pollen grains) imperfect;
    unable to germinate.
  • Latin abortīvus. See abort, -ive
  • Middle English 1300–50
a•bor′tive•ly, adv. 
a•bor′tive•ness, n. 
    1. fruitless, ineffectual, bootless, unavailing, vain.
    1. successful.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
abortive /əˈbɔːtɪv/ adj
  1. failing to achieve a purpose; fruitless
  2. (of organisms) imperfectly developed; rudimentary
  3. causing abortion; abortifacient
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