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词汇 example_english_abortive-attempt
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abortive attempt

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meanings of abortiveand attempt


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abortive
adjective
uk /əˈbɔː.tɪv/ us /əˈbɔːr.t̬ɪv/
An abortive attempt or plan has to be stopped because it ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk /əˈtempt/ us /əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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Examples of abortive attempt


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Here, then, the video link was used to recover and carry forward an abortiveattempt at speech.
I had already made one abortiveattempt to suggest there was a more interesting way of thinking about houses but this was most clearly demonstrated by the paper presented here.
That feeling prevailed before the abortiveattempt to free the hostages.
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For that reason we shall not bemoan too much the abortiveattempt that was made.
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It was attempted again, although it was an abortiveattempt, a couple of years later.
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There was an abortiveattempt to produce a compromise.
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The abortiveattempt to produce a new code of practice for under 12 m vessels shows the importance of cross-departmental co-operation.
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There was an abortiveattempt to market this line in 1984 and very creditable it was.
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Meanwhile, there was an abortiveattempt to involve the private sector.
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I know that, before the regulations were adopted, an abortiveattempt was made to negotiate, but this does not mean that the present negotiations would suffer the same fate.
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The landlord will not have had the management taken away, and will be entitled to receive all the costs incurred in dealing with the abortiveattempt.
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But, so far, although there has been an abortiveattempt to form a united estate agents' body, there is not much sign of progress in this direction.
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After an abortiveattempt to collectivize herders, livestock remained in private hands.
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Except for one abortiveattempt at romance, his general attitude towards her was paternalistic.
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Following this abortiveattempt, infighting broke out between different leadership factions.
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He unsuccessfully tried to create a national bank, to be funded by what became an abortiveattempt at an income tax on capitalists and shareholders.
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There was one short-lived abortiveattempt to split the role in the 12th century.
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This structure was controversial when first built, and an abortiveattempt was made to blow it up by local residents in 1939.
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An abortiveattempt was made to set up a whaling industry in 1830 (also in 1875).
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