形容词
1. That was an abortive attempt.
这是一种失败的尝试。
2. It would be an abortive effort to try to close this wide price gap.
设法缩小这样大的价格差距将是徒劳的。
1. 失败的：abject#卑鄙的 | abortive#失败的 | absurd#荒谬的
2. 夭折的,失败的,中断的,流产的：8. veer 改变方向,转向 | 9. abortive 夭折的,失败的,中断的,流产的. | 10. pale 范围,界限
3. 不能：abolish 废除;取消 | abortive 不能 | aboriginal cost 原始成本
4. 无效的：abortionist 为人堕胎者 | abortive 无效的 | abortively 流产地
1. （尝试或行动）失败的，夭折的，无结果的
An abortive attempt or action is unsuccessful.
e.g. ...an abortive attempt to prevent the current President from taking office.
企图阻止现任总统连任的失败尝试
1. But quite some of them have ended up being porous, or simply abortive.
2. The mausoleum was built in memory of the 72 martyrs of the abortive Guangzhou Uprising, launched in 1911 by Sun's close aid Huang Xing.
3. Market observers still regard Singapore Airlines as an appropriate candidate to be a strategic investor, despite its abortive cooperation with China Eastern in August 2008.
4. Zhu also noted Maldives'security concerns heightened after an abortive coup supported by Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries in November 1988.
5. However, the abortive Wusong project signalled the beginning of an era when more railways were built.
6. Wang cited the case of Coca Cola's abortive attempt to take a stake in Huiyuan, a leading brand in the Chinese juice market.
7. Chief Constable Matt Baggott said yesterday that the abortive attack on the Northern Ireland Policing Board represented an attack on the province's entire peace process.
8. Realigning the road network would include abortive costs of HK $ 30 million, according to the Harbourfront Enhancement Committee.
9. It was the president's second abortive attempt to deliver the speech this year.
10. In 1994 there was an abortive attempt to bomb the Israeli Embassy in Bangkok.
adj
1. failing to accomplish an intended result
e.g. an abortive revolt
a stillborn plot to assassinate the President
Synonym: stillborn unsuccessful