abortive
英 [ə'bɔːtɪv]
美[ə'bɔrtɪv]
- adj. 失败的；流产的；堕胎的
助记提示
abortive俺宝体无. 我的宝宝的躯体没有了a. 流产的, 无结果的,失败的
英文词源
- abortive (adj.)
- late 14c., "born prematurely or dead," from Latin abortivus "pertaining to miscarriage; causing abortion," from abort-, past participle stem of aboriri "disappear, miscarry," from ab- "amiss" (see ab-) + oriri "appear, be born, arise" (see orchestra); the compound word used in Latin for deaths, miscarriages, sunsets, etc. The Latin verb for "to produce an abortion" was abigo, literally "to drive away." Not originally used to imply forced or deliberate miscarriage; from 14c.-18c. stillborn children or domestic animals were said to be abortive. Also see abortion. Related: Abortiveness.
双语例句
- 1. an abortive military coup
- 一次流产的军事政变
来自《权威词典》
- 2. We had to abandon our abortive attempts.
- 我们的尝试没有成功,不得不放弃.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. That was an abortive attempt.
- 这是一种失败的尝试.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Somehow the whole abortive affair got into the FBI files.
- 这件早已夭折的案子不知怎么就进了联邦调查局的档案.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He had weathered too many abortive revolutionaries when only his courage had saved the government.
- 流产的革命他见过多了,多少次都是靠他的胆识才保全了政府.
来自辞典例句