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abortion

/uh-bawr-shuhn/US // əˈbɔr ʃən //UK // (əˈbɔːʃən) //

堕胎,流产,人工流产,堕落

Related Words

miscarriage流产,小产,误判,误判的情况termination终止,终止妊娠,终止合同,终止日期aborticide堕胎,堕胎药,堕胎剂,堕胎罪feticide堕胎,灭罪,灭虫,灭鼠disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意fiasco惨败,惨剧,惨案,失败disaster灾难,灾害,灾祸,灾情misadventure惨痛经历,误入歧途,惨痛的经历,厄运premature delivery早产,过早分娩,早产儿,提前分娩

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called voluntary abortion. the removal of an embryo or fetus from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy.
    • : any of various surgical methods for terminating a pregnancy, especially during the first six months.
    • : Also called spontaneous abortion. miscarriage.
    • : an immature and nonviable fetus.
    • : abortus.
    • : any malformed or monstrous person, thing, etc.
    • : Biology. the arrested development of an embryo or an organ at a more or less early stage.
    • : the stopping of an illness, infection, etc., at a very early stage.
    • : Informal. shambles; mess.anything that fails to develop, progress, or mature, as a design or project.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounexpulsion of fetus
Synonyms
miscarriage流产,小产,误判,误判的情况aborticide堕胎,堕胎药,堕胎剂,堕胎罪feticide堕胎,灭罪,灭虫,灭鼠termination终止,终止妊娠,终止合同,终止日期misbirth误生,错胎,误产,误生孩子
nounfailure
Synonyms
disappointment失望,失落,失败,失意disaster灾难,灾害,灾祸,灾情fiasco惨败,惨剧,惨案,失败misadventure惨痛经历,误入歧途,惨痛的经历,厄运premature delivery早产,过早分娩,早产儿,提前分娩

Examples

  • Last year, nine states passed bills restricting abortion rights.

  • Lynch has long had a reputation for being a moderate, especially because of his more conservative stance on abortion rights.

  • The second night starred an anti-abortion activist whose tale about the horrors of Planned Parenthood had been exposed as a fraud more than 10 years ago.

  • Clarkson has been seen as a crusader for conservative positions on same-sex marraige and abortion.

  • Before being appointed in late 2018, Clarkson had been a champion of Christian conservative views on social issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion.

  • Most often, the doctrine is invoked by minors seeking an abortion without parental consent.

  • The language of this bill is a de facto abortion ban for most pregnant federal prisoners.

  • In other words, unnecessarily stringent abortion regulation could be far more dangerous than abortion itself.

  • Anti-abortion organizations tend to tend to propagate the idea that the procedure is dangerous and unproven.

  • Planned Parenthood, on the other hand, describes abortion as “very safe.”

  • It seems to mean—'who very often seek after destroyed increase (abortion) and the play of love.'

  • They did not know enough to prevent conception, but they did the best they could by means of abortion and infanticide.

  • Endemics of abortion depend on the impalpable vapors that arise from the quicksilver mines of Spain.

  • Some think that a load-stone laid upon the navel, keeps a woman from abortion.

  • And so on until our whole system of abortion, intimidation, tyranny, cruelty and the rest is in full swing again.

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