原标题:考研英语真题词汇 no.30
2002年考研英语真题词汇 part 4 (已完结)
although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide , the court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect ”, a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effects — a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen — is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect .
尽管裁决认定,宪法没有赋予医生 助病人自杀的权利,然而最高法院实际上却认可了医疗届的“双效”原则,这个存在了好几个世纪的道德原则认为,如果某种行为具有双重效果(希望达到的好效果和可以预见得到的坏效果),那么,只要行为实施只是想达到好的效果,这个行为就是可以允许的。
right [ra?t] adj. 正确的;正当的,正义的;右边的;(政治上)右翼的 adv. 正确地;正当地;公正地;正好;向右;直接地 n. 正确;正当,正义;权利;公正;右边;右翼 v. 将……扶正;纠正(错误等)
double[?d?bl] adj./adv. 两倍的(地),加倍的(地);双的n. 两倍(数或量) v. 使加倍
permissible[p??m?s?bl] adj. 可允许的;获得准许的
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nancy dubler , director of montefiore medical center , contends that the principle will shield doctors who “ until now have very , very strongly insisted that they could not give patients sufficient medication to control their pain if that might hasten death . ”
蒙蒂菲奥里医疗中心主任nancy dubler 认为,这项原则将会保护这样一些医生,他们“直到现在都坚持认为,如果给病人充足的药品来止痛会加速他们的死亡的话,那就不能这样做”。
center [‘sent?] n. 中心,中央
▊ be s
elf-centered 以自我为中心
shield [?i:ld] n. 护罩;盾牌 v. 保护,防护
very [?veri] adv. 非常,很;完全 adj. 真的;完全的
▊ at the very least 至少,反正就是
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on another level , many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying .
另一方面,许多医疗界人士承认,致使医生协助自杀的争论升温的部分原因是病人们的绝望情绪,对这些病人来说,现代医学延长了临终前肉体的痛苦。
level [?levl] n. 水平线;水平面;层面,角度adj. 水平的
▊ at some level 在一定程度上
assist [??s?st] v. 助,协助
prolong [pr??l??] v. 延长,拉长;拖延
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it identifies the undertreatment of pain and the aggressive use of “ ineffectual and forced medical procedures that may prolong and even dishonor the period of dying ”as the twin problems of end-of-life care .
对病痛处理不利和大胆使用“无效而强制性的医疗程序,这些程序可能会延长死亡期,甚至会让死亡期难堪”。报告认为这些就是临终护理的两个问题。
aggressive [??gres?v] adj. 侵略(性)的;(行为等)过分的;有进取精神的
procedure[pr??si:d??(r)] n. 程序,手续,步骤
▊ surgical procedure 手术程序
▊ computational procedure 电脑程序
dishonor [d?s’?n?] n. 不光彩,丢脸;丢脸的事(或人) v. 使丢脸,使受耻辱返回搜狐,查看更多
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