- Abortion is a surgical procedure that ends a pregnancy. In the United States, the public debate over a women's right to have an abortion is a complex and heated political issue.
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- n. 流产，夭折
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1. to support abortion, to oppose abortion
支持╱反对堕胎
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2. a woman's right to abortion
妇女做人工流产的权利
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3. abortion laws
堕胎法
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4. I've always been anti-abortion.
我一直反对堕胎。
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5. She decided to have an abortion.
她决定做人工流产。
- abortion (n.) 1540s, "the expulsion of the fetus before it is viable," originally of deliberate as well as unintended miscarriages; from Latin abortionem (nominative abortio) "miscarriage; abortion, procuring of an untimely birth," noun of action from past participle stem of aboriri "to miscarry, be aborted, fail, disappear, pass away," a compound word used in Latin for deaths, miscarriages, sunsets, etc., which according to OED is from ab, here as "amiss" (see ab-), + stem of oriri "appear, be born, arise" (see origin).
abor·tion / əˈbɔːʃn ; NAmE əˈbɔːrʃn / noun 1 [uncountable ] the deliberate ending of a pregnancyat an early stage 人工流产；堕胎；打胎 ◆ to support/oppose abortion 支持╱反对堕胎 ◆ a woman's right to abortion 妇女做人工流产的权利 ◆ abortion laws 堕胎法 ◆ I've always been anti-abortion. 我一直反对堕胎。 2 [countable ] a medical operation to end a pregnancyat an early stage 人工流产手术；堕胎手术 ◆ She decided to have an abortion. 她决定做人工流产。 SYN termination ☞compare miscarriage abortion abortions abor·tion / əˈbɔːʃn ; NAmE əˈbɔːrʃn /
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