Word · Frequency #24005
stillborn
失败的；夭折的；胎死腹中的
核心释义
多指计划、想法等未能实现
failing to accomplish an intended result; abortive
- 1.
出生时已死亡的；死产的。
Dead at birth.
- 2.
未能达成预期结果
failing to accomplish an intended result
- 3.
一开始就被忽视、没有影响力或失败的；夭折的。
Ignored, without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset; abortive.
- 4.
(新生儿)出生时无生命迹象的；非活产的
(of newborn infant) showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn
出生时已死亡的；死产的。；未能达成预期结果；一开始就被忽视、没有影响力或失败的；夭折的。；(新生儿)出生时无生命迹象的；非活产的；生下来已死的
用法In use
The proposed merger was stillborn after the two companies failed to agree on a price.
用法提示：stillborn 为形容词，表示计划或协议‘夭折、未实现’。
Her plan to start a bakery was stillborn because she couldn't secure a loan.
用法提示：stillborn 作形容词，指想法或计划从一开始就无法实现。
The project was stillborn as soon as the manager lost the team's support.
用法提示：stillborn 为形容词，说明项目在初期即失败。
a stillborn plot to assassinate the President
a stillborn baby
stillborn + noun (baby, child, animal)
字面义，指出生时已经死亡的婴儿或动物幼崽。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- stillborn baby
- 死产婴儿
- The nurse gently told the parents that they had a stillborn baby.护士轻声告诉父母，他们生下了一个死产婴儿。
- stillborn plan
- 胎死腹中的计划
- The proposal was a stillborn plan because no one supported it.这项提议是个胎死腹中的计划，因为没有人支持它。
- stillborn idea
- 夭折的想法
- The stillborn idea never made it into the final report.这个夭折的想法从未进入最终报告。
- stillborn legislation
- 胎死腹中的立法
- The reform was stillborn legislation after the committee rejected it.委员会否决后，这项改革成了胎死腹中的立法。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想记忆：still（静止）+born（出生），出生时静止不动，即“死产的”；引申为计划“胎死腹中”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：医疗记录、新闻报道、正式评述 该词有两个常见使用场景：医学语境中指“死产的”，通常出现在病历或正式文件中；引申义表示“失败的、夭折的”，多用于书面语和新闻报道。日常口语中较少使用，整体偏正式。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
In American English, born, corn, horn, worn, and warn (spelled -ar) rhyme with the -born in stillborn: all end in /ɔrn/. Barn is a lookalike that sounds different: /bɑrn/.
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