abort

S2 W2

in Vietnamese Hủy thai, phá thai

BrE /əˈbɔːt/ AmE /əˈbɔrt/

verb en → vi

past aborted pp aborted ing aborting

1 TERMINATE PREGNANCY [transitive] C1

Hủy thai, phá thai

to end a pregnancy by causing the baby to die before it is born

  • abort a pregnancy

Collocations illegal abortion · forced abortion

  • She decided to abort the pregnancy.

    Cô quyết định phá thai.

2 END EARLY [transitive] B2

Hủy bỏ (một công việc) vì gặp khó khăn

to stop something before it is finished, especially because of a problem or difficulty

  • abort an attempt

Collocations abort a mission · abort a launch

  • The rocket had to abort its launch.

    Tên lửa phải hủy bỏ vụ phóng.

3 COMPUTER [transitive] B2

Hủy bỏ (một chương trình máy tính) vì lỗi

to stop a computer program or process before it is finished, especially because of an error

  • abort a process

Collocations abort a program · abort an operation

  • The computer aborted the program because of a memory error.

    Máy tính đã hủy bỏ chương trình vì lỗi bộ nhớ.