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单词 euthanasia
释义
euthanasiaeu‧tha‧na‧si‧a /ˌjuːθəˈneɪziə $ -ˈneɪʒə/ noun [uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINeuthanasia
Origin:
1600-1700 Greek ‘easy death’, from thanatos ‘death’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • In the Netherlands euthanasia has already been legalized.
  • Most doctors are opposed to euthanasia on ethical grounds.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But it seems that these profit-hungry hospitals have found a way of practising legalised euthanasia.
  • But these analogies - murder, euthanasia - were summoned up in order to generate a remorse he did not instinctively feel.
  • In addition it should be noted that this Act also sets out in Schedule 2 approved methods of euthanasia.
  • The decision caused a huge public outcry and a national debate on euthanasia.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone is killed to stop them from suffering
when someone who is very old or very ill is killed in a painless way in order to stop them suffering any longer - use this to talk about this practice in general: · In the Netherlands euthanasia has already been legalized.· Most doctors are opposed to euthanasia on ethical grounds.
when someone who is very ill is killed in a painless way in order to stop them suffering any longer: · Some doctors carry out mercy killings by giving large quantities of pain-killing drugs.
WORD SETS
abdicate, verbaffirmative action, nounage discrimination, nounageism, nounalienation, nounalmshouse, nounbackground, nounbeatnik, nounbeggar, nounbetterment, nounbirthrate, nounbohemian, adjectivebondage, nouncarer, nouncaretaker, nouncase work, nouncaste, nouncity planning, nouncommoner, nounconditioning, nounconsumer society, nounculture, noundisease, noundosser, noundoss house, noundown-and-out, noundownwardly mobile, adjectiveeuthanasia, nounformative, adjectivegenteel, adjectivegentlefolk, noungentleman, noungentlewoman, noungentry, noungeriatric, adjectivegerontology, noungrey, adjectivehermit, nounhierarchy, nounhippie, nounHonourable, adjectiveindependence, nounindustrialism, nouninequality, nouninfrastructure, nouninner city, nouninstitution, nouninstitutionalize, verbintegrate, verbliteracy, nounlower class, nounlow life, nounmatrix, nounmeritocracy, nounmobile, adjectivemores, nounmortality, nounNew Age traveller, nounorder, nounoutreach, nounpatriarchy, nounpecking order, nounpeer pressure, nounpetty bourgeois, adjectiveplebeian, nounpolitics, nounprogress, nounrank, nounreaction, nounrear, verbreceive, verbredneck, nounrevolution, nounsecularism, nounservice, nounsexual, adjectivesister, nounslave, nounslavery, nounsnowbird, nounsocial, adjectivesocial, nounsocialization, nounsocial science, nounsocial studies, nounsocial work, nounsocial worker, nounsociety, nounsocio-, prefixsocioeconomic, adjectivesoup kitchen, nounstratified, adjectivestratum, nounstreet people, nounsubgroup, nounsuburbanite, nounsuburbia, nounsupport group, nountownie, nountown meeting, nountown planning, nountownspeople, nountramp, noununattached, adjectiveuncle, noununconventional, adjectiveunderclass, nounupwardly mobile, adjectivewhite-collar, adjectiveworking class, noun
the deliberate killing of a person who is very ill and going to die, in order to stop them suffering SYN  mercy killing
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