| abortion | n 1. premature expulsion of embryo or foetus, a. (by artificial means) pengguguran /kandungan, anak/ (sso), membuang kandungan: she died after an ~, dia meninggal dunia selepas pengguguran anaknya; b. (by natural process) keguguran: her pregnancy terminated in an ~, kehamilannya berakhir dgn keguguran; have an ~, a. (by artificial means) membuang kandungan, membuang hamil, menggugurkan /anak, kandungan/; b. (by spontaneous expulsion) keguguran; 2. failure, kegagalan, kebantutan, terbantutnya. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| legalize, legalise | vt make legal, membenarkan [sst] di sisi undang-undang: some countries have ~d abortion, sesetengah negara membenarkan pengguguran di sisi undang-undang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| legalize, legalise | vt make legal, membenarkan [sst] di sisi undang-undang: some countries have ~d abortion, sesetengah negara membenarkan pengguguran di sisi undang-undang. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| debate | ~ /about, on, upon/, memperdebatkan, mendebatkan, mem(per)bahaskan: they ~d on the question of legalised abortion, mereka memperdebatkan soal pengguguran kandungan yg dibenarkan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| sanction | 5. ethical measure, sekatan: there is a growing body of opinion that there should be some form of ~ against abortion, semakin ramai orang berpendapat bahawa, seharusnya terdapat semacam sekatan thdp pengguguran; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| against | prep 1. not in favour of, opposed to, a. (gen) menentang: to be ~ apartheid, menentang dasar aparteid; public opinion seems to be ~ legalizing abortion, pendapat umum nampaknya menentang usul mengesahkan pengguguran kandungan; b. (proposal, motion, etc) menentang, membantah, membangkang: he voted ~ the motion, dia mengundi menentang usul itu; c. (enemy) menentang, melawan: to fight ~ subversive elements, berjuang menentang anasir-anasir subversif; d. (of vote) menentang: there were twenty votes for him and five ~ him, terdapat dua puluh undi yg menyokongnya dan lima yg menetangnya; e. (of condition, circumstances, etc) [various translations]: the weather was ~ us, cuaca seolah-olah menentang kami; the odds seem to be ~ his getting the job, nampaknya terlalu banyak halangan baginya utk mendapat kerja itu; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| abandonment | n 1. leaving behind, forsaking (perbuatan, tindakan) meninggalkan; (of baby, child) pembuangan, (perbuatan) membuang: the ~ of a ship, tindakan meninggalkan kapal; the ~ of o’s family, perbuatan meninggalkan anak isteri; 2. discontinuance (of activity etc), penghentian, (tindakan) menghentikan; 3. giving up, relinquishment (of a plan, claim, etc), pengguguran, (tindakan) menggugurkan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |