euthanasia

英 [,ju?θ?'ne?z??] 美[,juθ?'ne??]

TEM8暢通詞匯低頻詞

Euthanasia：歐洲比亞洲早實(shí)行安樂(lè)死——安樂(lè)死

euthanasia 安樂(lè)死

eu-, 好的。-than, 完成，死亡，詞源同finish, thanatology. 字母f, th音變參照f(shuō)ume, thyme.

euthanasia: euthanasia: [17] Etymologically, euthanasia means ‘good death’, and that was more or less its signification when it was introduced into English: ‘Give me but gentle Death: Euthanasia, Euthanasia, that is all I implore’, Tatler 1709. The modern use of the word, ‘mercy killing’, seems to have originated in the 1860s; the first recorded use of it was by William Lecky in his History of European morals 1869. The term is borrowed from Greek euthanasíā, a compound based on the prefix eu- ‘good’ and thánatos ‘death’.
euthanasia (n.): 1640s, "a gentle and easy death," from Greek euthanasia "an easy or happy death," from eu- "good" (see eu-) + thanatos "death" (see thanatology) + abstract noun ending -ia. Slightly earlier in anglicized form euthanasy (1630s). Sense of "legally sanctioned mercy killing" is recorded in English by 1869.

1. Euthanasia is illegal in most countries.: 安樂(lè)死在大多數(shù)國(guó)家被認(rèn)為是非法的.

2. They canvassed the pros and cons of euthanasia.: 他們徹底討論有關(guān)安樂(lè)死的正反兩方面的意見.

3. He was thankful euthanasia was not an option when he requested it.: 他很慶幸當(dāng)他要求補(bǔ)執(zhí)行安樂(lè)死的時(shí)候,安樂(lè)死卻不可行.

4. The doctor refused to practice euthanasia on that terminally ill patient.: 醫(yī)師拒絕在那位末期病人身上施行安樂(lè)死.

5. Historically, our society has taken a dim view of euthanasia.: 從歷史上來(lái)看, 我們社會(huì)對(duì)安樂(lè)死抱著較為消極的態(tài)度.