abortion, miscarriage
这两个词都有“非正常地将胎儿从子宫排出”的意思。它们的区别是：
1.一般用语中，abortion可指自然流产,也可指人工流产,多指人工流产; 而miscarriage只指自然流产。
2.医学用语中，abortion一般发生或施行于怀孕的前12周内，译为“流产”或“人工流产”; 而miscarriage一般发生于怀孕的第12周至28周之间，译为“早产”。
例如:
She had two miscarriages.她流产两次。
My grandmother had five children and many miscarriages.我的祖母生了5个孩子,还多次小产。
The abortion arose from an accidental fall.
流产是由于(孕妇)不慎摔倒所致.
——《简明英汉词典》
Abortion is an issue which produces little reasoned argument.
对堕胎这个问题很少有理智的看法。
——柯林斯例句
a debate on abortion
关于堕胎的辩论
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
Is abortion morally defensible?
堕胎从道德上讲合乎情理吗？
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
to take a principled stand against abortion
采取反堕胎的原则性立场
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
There are many people who still find the act of abortion abhorrent.
仍有很多人对堕胎行为表示厌恶。
——柯林斯例句
Sometimes the original abortion was done so badly that the uterus prolapsed.
有时第一次流产手术做得太糟糕，会导致子宫下垂。
——柯林斯例句
Abortion has always been a divisive issue.
人工流产一直是个引发争议的问题。
——柯林斯例句
He and his wife both strongly support abortion rights.
他和妻子都强烈支持堕胎权。
——柯林斯例句
Her strong Catholic beliefs made abortion unthinkable.
笃信天主教让她完全无法接受堕胎。
——柯林斯例句
Her party opposes abortion, except in cases of rape or incest.
她的党派反对堕胎，但强奸或乱伦引起的怀孕除外。
——柯林斯例句
The King's stand is bound to reawaken the painful debate about abortion.
国王的立场必然会再次引发关于堕胎的令人头痛的辩论。
——柯林斯例句
We'd like to know what you feel about abortion.
我们想知道你对堕胎是怎么看的。
——柯林斯例句
Abortion is still one of the hot button issues of US life.
堕胎仍是美国人日常生活中的一个敏感议题。
——柯林斯例句
Many people have very strong opinions about the rightness or wrongness of abortion.
很多人都对堕胎是否合乎道义有强烈的意见。
——柯林斯例句
Her opposition to abortion and feminism mark her as a convinced traditionalist.
她对堕胎和女权主义的反对态度表明她是个不折不扣的传统主义者。
——柯林斯例句
He refused for reasons of conscience to sign a new law legalising abortion.
他出于信仰，拒绝签署使堕胎合法化的新法。
——柯林斯例句
His girlfriend had an abortion.
他的女朋友做了流产。
——柯林斯例句
The Vatican's teaching on abortion is clear: it is a sin.
罗马教廷对堕胎的教义非常清楚：这是罪过。
——柯林斯例句
His plan proved an abortion.
他的计划中途夭折.
——《简明英汉词典》
The president has adopted a hardline stance against abortion.
总统在堕胎问题上持强硬的反对态度.
——《简明英汉词典》
Abortion is illegal in many countries.
在许多国家,堕胎都是违法的.
——《简明英汉词典》
She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.
她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术.
——《简明英汉词典》
There has been much dispute over the question of legalised abortion in the Western world.
堕胎合法化的问题在西方世界颇具争议.
——《简明英汉词典》
Abortion is restricted in some American states.
在美国的一些州堕胎是受限制的.
——《简明英汉词典》
Abortion is a highly contentious issue.
堕胎是一个非常有争议的课题.
——《简明英汉词典》
His attempt proved an abortion.
他的企图完全失败了.
——《现代英汉综合大词典》
A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.
多种考虑使她执意堕胎.
——《现代汉英综合大词典》
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