adj.失败的；流产的；发育不全的
We had to abandon our abortive attempts. 我们的尝试没有成功，不得不放弃。
Somehow the whole abortive affair got into the FBI files. 这件早已夭折的案子不知怎么就进了联邦调查局的档案。
All efforts to trace and locate her next of kin proved abortive. 一切追查并找到其亲属的努力证明流产了。
adv.流产地；失败地
n.早产
