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abortive

/əˈbɔɹ.tɪv/ 形容词 C2

中文: 失败的、流产的、发育不全的

  1. Coming to nothing; failing in its effect. . · an abortive attempt
  2. Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile. · an abortive organ· an abortive stamen
  3. Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease). · abortive treatment of typhoid fever
  4. Having a short and mild progression, without pronounced symptoms.
  5. Made from the skin of a still-born animal. · abortive vellum
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I proceed, then, from the morning which followed our abortive chase of the convict and our other strange experiences upon the moor.
《The Hound of the Baskervilles》,第127页 · C1

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