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单词 euthanasia
释义
euthanasia
noun[U]
uk
/ˌjuː.θəˈneɪ.zi.ə/us
/ˌjuː.θəˈneɪ.ʒə/
theactofkillingsomeone who is veryillor veryoldso that they do notsufferany more:
安乐死
Although somepeoplecampaignfor therightto euthanasia, it is stillillegalin mostcountries.尽管一些人发起运动争取安乐死的权利，但在大多数国家中实施安乐死仍是违法行为。
Synonym
mercy killing
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Killing
  • -cide
  • abattoir
  • anti-suicide
  • assisted suicide
  • butchery
  • claimsomeone'slifeidiom
  • commit
  • culpable homicide
  • deadly
  • destroy
  • exterminate
  • liquidate
  • misery
  • mortal
  • neutralization
  • neutralize
  • non-fatal
  • overlie
  • poison
  • wring
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(Definition ofeuthanasiafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

euthanasia| American Dictionary

euthanasia
noun[U]
us
/ˌju·θəˈneɪ·ʒə/
thekillingof someone who is veryillto end the person’ssuffering
(Definition ofeuthanasiafrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeuthanasia

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Do you believe thateuthanasiahas been performed in our country secretly, although it is illegal?
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In addition, the authors deliver a quick overlook of dilemmas concerning legalisation and application ofeuthanasia.
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The bill obliges physicians to reporteuthanasiato the prosecution, whileeuthanasiaitself remains a criminal offence.
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No legislation has addressed questions of withholding or withdrawing treatment, terminal sedation, or voluntary activeeuthanasia.
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What about the theological sanctity of human life argument, which also condemns voluntary activeeuthanasia?
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Indeed, as long as lethal palliation is permitted, those distinctions cannot even place withdrawing life-sustaining treatment and activeeuthanasiaon different sides of the line.
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Eighty-one of 85 oncologists answered the question of who should decide to performeuthanasia.
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If the patient's condition is intolerable, a physician may chose to performeuthanasiawhen he considers the conflicting duties carefully.
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This clearly contradicts the empirical observation that points to a change of the statutory interpretation towards a more liberal view ofeuthanasia.
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This implies that each player has a unique position oneuthanasia; one that a player prefers most.
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The policy dimension varies from maintaining, or even reinforcing, a ban oneuthanasia(right), to legalizingeuthanasiacompletely (left).
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They preferred the continuation of the current governing coalition to their own position oneuthanasia.
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Some respondents talked positively ofeuthanasiaas a solution to the potential trauma involved in suffering a lingering demise.
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For example, interesting questions can be posited regarding advance directives that requesteuthanasia.
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Theeuthanasiadebate in particular seems to have become mired in rhetoric and stalled by all-too-familiar arguments.
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