abortive
英 [?'b??t?v]
美[?'b?rt?v]
- adj. 失敗的；流產的；墮胎的
暢通詞匯GRE低頻詞
助記提示
abortive俺寶體無.?我的寶寶的軀體沒有了a.?流產的,?無結果的,失敗的
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. an abortive military coup
- 一次流產的軍事政變
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. We had to abandon our abortive attempts.
- 我們的嘗試沒有成功,不得不放棄.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. That was an abortive attempt.
- 這是一種失敗的嘗試.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Somehow the whole abortive affair got into the FBI files.
- 這件早已夭折的案子不知怎么就進了聯邦調查局的檔案.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He had weathered too many abortive revolutionaries when only his courage had saved the government.
- 流產的革命他見過多了,多少次都是靠他的膽識才保全了政府.
來自辭典例句