electively

While some of this can be explained by society—in countries like China baby boys are favoured and many unborn girls are electively aborted—there are natural processes at work.

有些时候这种情况用社来解释—在中国等国家，男孩比较受欢迎，还未出生的女孩被选择性堕胎—不自然程也有影响。