abortion
US: /əˈbɔɹʃən/
UK: /ɐbˈɔːʃən/
UK: /ɐbˈɔːʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
abortion /ə'bɔ:ʃn/
- danh từ
- sự sẩy thai, sự phá thai; sự nạo thai
- người lùn tịt; đứa bé đẻ non, vật đẻ non; vật dị dạng, quái thai
- sự chết non chết yểu, sự sớm thất bại (của một kế hoạch, ý đồ...)
- (sinh vật học) tình trạng phát triển không đầy đủ
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U] the deliberate ending of a pregnancy at an early stage: to support / oppose abortion + a woman's right to abortion + abortion laws + I've always been anti-abortion.
2 [C] a medical operation to end a pregnancy at an early stage: She decided to have an abortion.
Compare: MISCARRIAGE
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
back-street, illegal | legal | induced, spontaneous, therapeutic
VERB + ABORTION
have
When she got pregnant at 16 she decided to have an abortion.
| carry out, do
(informal),
perform
Some nurses wanted the right to refuse to perform abortions.
ABORTION + NOUN
law, legislation
the country's strict abortion laws
| clinic, counselling
PREP.
~ on
He carried out an abortion on a fifteen-year-old girl.
PHRASES
abortion on demand
(= the right to have an abortion if you want one)Women's groups are calling for free contraception and abortion on demand.
Concise English dictionary
abortionsə'bɔːʃn
noun
+termination of pregnancy
+failure of a plan
