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abortive 音标拼音: [əb'ɔrtɪv] a. 流产的,堕胎的,失败的 流产的,堕胎的,失败的 abortive adj 1: failing to accomplish an intended result; " an abortive revolt"; " a stillborn plot to assassinate the President" [ synonym: { abortive}, { stillborn}, { unsuccessful}] Abortive \ A* bor" tive\, a. [ L. abortivus, fr. aboriri. See { Abort}, v.] 1. Produced by abortion. as, an abortive child. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster AS] 2. Made from the skin of a still- born animal; as, abortive vellum. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. Rendering fruitless or ineffectual. [ Obs.] " Plunged in that abortive gulf." -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt. " An abortive enterprise." -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] 5. ( Biol.) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile; as, an abortive organ, stamen, ovule, etc. AS [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Med.) ( a) Causing abortion; as, abortive medicines. -- Parr. AS ( b) Cutting short the period of an illness; as, abortive treatment of typhoid fever. [ 1913 Webster AS]
Abortive \ A* bor" tive\, n. 1. That which is born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A fruitless effort or issue. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Med.) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion; -- also called an { abortifacient}. -- Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 37 Moby Thesaurus words for " abortive": barren, bootless, failed, failing, fruitless, futile, gainless, immature, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, lame, manque, miscarried, miscarrying, nonremunerative, of no effect, otiose, profitless, rewardless, sterile, stickit, stillborn, successless, unavailable, unavailing, unformed, unfortunate, unmatured, unproductive, unprofitable, unremunerative, unrewarding, unripe, unsuccessful, useless, vain |
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