答案在The Economist February 19th 2022 Britain 中“The Conservative Party”这篇文章中间段可以找到。

The Economist February 19th 2022 Britain

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abort v. 1. 使流产

2. 终止，结束，使夭折；使中途失败

同义词：stop, end, finish, check

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The task/flight had to be aborted at the last minute.

任务／飞行被迫在最后一刻取消。

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Tories no longer agree on the most basic rules of politics, such as whether checks and balances are a vital part of a democratic system or an unacceptable restraint on an elected government. MPS split over Mr Johnson’s aborted plan last November to exonerate an ally, Owen Paterson, who had been found guilty by a parliamentary committee of unethical lobbying. There is a cultural rift between those who prayed for Hillary Clinton and those who cheered for Donald Trump. Mr Johnson’s misleading claim that Sir Keir, in his former role as director of public prosecutions, had failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile, a notorious paedophile, delighted only part of the party.

保守党不再同意最基本的政治规则，例如制衡是民主制度的重要组成部分，还是对民选政府不可接受的限制。去年11月，国会议员就约翰逊为免除其盟友欧文·帕特森 (Owen Paterson)罪责而中止计划产生分歧，后者已被议会不道德游说委员会认定有罪。为希拉里·克林顿祈祷的人和为唐纳德·特朗普欢呼的人之间存在文化裂痕。约翰逊误导性地声称，基尔爵士曾担任公诉主任，未能起诉臭名昭著的恋童癖者吉米萨维尔，这只是让党内的部分人高兴。

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