euthanasia
noun /ˌjuːθəˈneɪziə/
/ˌjuːθəˈneɪʒə/
[uncountable]- 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.
安乐死 - They argued in favour of legalizing voluntary euthanasia (= people being able to ask for euthanasia themselves).
他们据理力争让自愿安乐死合法化。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- voluntary
- involuntary
- non-voluntary
- …
- perform
- practise/practice
- legalize
- …
词源early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘easy death’): from Greek, from eu ‘well’ + thanatos ‘death’. - They argued in favour of legalizing voluntary euthanasia (= people being able to ask for euthanasia themselves).