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abortion

英 [ə\"bɔːʃ(ə)n] 美 [ə\"bɔrʃən]
  • 翻译

    n. 流产,小产;流产的胎儿;(计划等)失败,夭折


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解释


n. 流产,小产;流产的胎儿;(计划等)失败,夭折

英文词源


abortion (n.)

1540s, originally of both deliberatea,n,dunintended miscarriages; from Latin

abortionem

(nominative

abortio

) \\\\\\\"miscarriage; abortion,\\\\\\\" noun of action from past participle stem of

aboriri

\\\\\\\"to miscarry\\\\\\\" (see abortive).

Earlier noun in English was simple

abort

(early 15c.) \\\\\\\"miscarriage.\\\\\\\" In 19c. some effort was made to distinguish

abortion

\\\\\\\"expulsion of the fetus between 6 weeksa,n,d6 months\\\\\\\" from

miscarriage

(the same within 6 weeks of conception)a,n,d

premature labor

(delivery after 6 months but before due time). The deliberate miscarriage was

criminal abortion

. This broke down late 19c. as

abortion

came to be used principally for intentional miscarriages, probably via phrases such as

procure an abortion

.

Foeticide

(n.) appears 1823 as a forensic medical term for deliberate premature fatal expulsion of the fetus; also compare prolicide. Another 19c. medical term for it was

embryoctony

, from Latinized form of Greek

kteinein

\\\\\\\"to destroy.\\\\\\\"

Abortion

was a taboo word for much of early 20c., disguised in print as

criminal operation

(U.S.)o,r

illegal operation

(U.K.),a,n,dreplaced by

miscarriage

in film versions of novels.

双语例句


1. There are many people who still find the act of

abortion

abhorrent.

仍有很多人对堕胎行为表示厌恶。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Sometimes the original

abortion

was done so badly that the uterus prolapsed.

有时第一次流产手术做得太糟糕,会导致子宫下垂。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Hea,n,dhis wife both strongly support

abortion

rights.

他和妻子都强烈支持堕胎权。

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4. They said they were going to stack the court with anti-

abortion

judges.

他们说将会往法院中安排一些反对堕胎的法官。

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助记提示


1、谐音“额不幸”,因为我流产了,当然很不幸啊!
2、谐音“额不生”,我不想生孩子,所以要堕胎。