abort

1.[t]~ sth使流产to end a pregnancy early in order to prevent a baby from developing and being born alive

2.[i]流产；小产to give birth to a child or young animal too early for it to survive

3.[i][t][oftpass]（使）夭折，中止（尤指很可能失败的事情）to end or cause sth to end before it has been completed, especially because it is likely to fail

1.流产;小产;堕胎

2.中止;放弃

3.【计】中止(进程)

4.早产

5.【生】〈罕〉发育不全;退化

1.流产

2.〈比喻〉未做好的打算;未成形的计划

3.停止;放弃,停止进行(任务,计划等)

4.【计】中止进程

1.to remove a developing baby from a woman’s body, so that it is not born alive, or to be removed in this way

2.to stop something before it is finished, for example because it would be difficult or dangerous to continue

3.[Computer]if you abort a computer program, or if it aborts, the computer stops doing something before it is finished

4.to expel or cause the expulsion of (an embryo or fetus) from the uterus, especially before it is viable

5.[Biology]to be arrested in development, so as to remain in a rudimentary or sterile condition or to disappear entirely

1.abortion; miscarriage; an instance of this

2.something badly or incompletely conceived or executed

3.a mission, procedure, or enterprise that is abandoned or curtailed before it has achieved its intended effect

4.[Computer]the cancellation or termination of an uncompleted computer program or other technical process