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单词 euthanasia
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euthanasia

noun
/ˌjuːθəˈneɪziə/
/ˌjuːθəˈneɪʒə/
[uncountable]
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  1. the practice of killing without pain a person or animal who is suffering from a disease that cannot be cured. Euthanasia of people is illegal in most countries. synonym mercy killing
    • They argued in favour of legalizing voluntary euthanasia (= people being able to ask for euthanasia themselves).
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • voluntary
    • involuntary
    • non-voluntary
    verb + euthanasia
    • perform
    • practise/​practice
    • legalize
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘easy death’): from Greek, from eu ‘well’ + thanatos ‘death’.
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