euthanasia

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /juː.θəˈneɪ.zi.ə/|/juːθəˈneɪʒə/    美 /ˌjuθəˈneɪʒə/|/ˌjʉːθəˈnæɪʒə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice of intentionally killing a human being or animal in a humane way, especially in order to end suffering. uncountable,usually
    — Euthanasia is the most difficult part of a veterinarian's job.
  2. The practice of killing a human being who is considered a liability to society, especially a disabled person. Nazism,especially,euphemistic,uncountable,usually
    — Nevertheless, as Henry Friedlander pointed out years ago, it was not Jews but mentally and physically disabled people who became targets of the first large-scale, systematic killings in Nazi Germany, under the euphemistically labelled “Euthanasia Program.”
  3. An easy death, or the means to bring about such a death. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — It would in time, it is to be hoped, effect a quiet euthanasia of the heresies of bigotry and fanaticism which have so long triumphed over human reason, and so generally and deeply afflicted mankind; but this work is to be begun by winnowing the grain from the chaff of the historians of his life.

词形变化

euthanasias plural euthanasy alternative,archaic

词汇关系

上位词
assisted dying
下位词
assisted suicide
衍生词
active euthanasia duo euthanasia euth euthanase euthanasee euthanasiac euthanasian euthanasic euthanasist euthanatise euthanatize euthanise euthaniser euthanize Ruthanasia zoothanasia
相关词
thanato- electrothanasia

词源

First attested in 1606, from Ancient Greek εὐθανασία (euthanasía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + θάνατος (thánatos, “death”)
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