学个词Learn a Word 第485期 Abort

今天我们要学的词是abort¹。 Abort, 是中途放弃，停止的意思。 "The commander decided² to abort the mission due to the intelligence leak," 由于情报泄露，指挥官临时决定取消这次行动。 "The flight was aborted³ because of the snowstorm," 由于暴风雪天气，航班临时取消。 "An Australian drug trial was aborted after a number of jurors admitted spending up to half of the time playing Sudoku puzzles," 澳大利亚一起贩毒案件的审理被法官取消，因为好几位陪审员都承认，案件审理过程中一半时间都在玩Sudoku数独游戏。好的，今天我们学习的词是abort...

 

1 abort   

v.使流产，堕胎；中止；中止(工作、计划等)

参考例句：

• The captain instructed them to abort the mission.上尉指示他们中止执行任务。
• With this button the user can abort the audio sequence.用户可以用该按钮终止音频序列。

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 aborted   

adj.流产的，失败的v.（使）流产( abort的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）（某事物）中止；（因故障等而）（使）（飞机、宇宙飞船、导弹等）中断飞行；（使）（飞行任务等）中途失败

参考例句：

• The rocket flight had to be aborted because of difficulties with computer. 因电脑出故障，这次火箭飞行只好中辍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They aborted the space flight finally. 他们最后中止了这次宇航飞行。 来自《简明英汉词典》