经济学人下载:死亡的权力--安乐死(1)

 1. If it is humane to put down a dog in unbearable and incurable pain, why not extend the same right to humans if they want it?

put down 杀死；贬低

Magistrates ordered his dog Samson to be put down immediately...

治安官们勒令立即将他的狗萨姆森杀掉。

2. That question echoes through “ The Inevitable” as it follows four people in search of a good death—and in fear of a bad one.

in fear of 在对…的担心之中;在对…的恐惧之中

They lived in fear of their master.

他们惧怕主人，提心吊胆地过日子。

3. Faced with intolerable suffering, her subjects have largely given up on laws and doctors and instead turn to strangers on the internet for help.

give up on 对…绝望;对…不抱希望

He urged them not to give up on peace efforts

他力劝他们不要放弃对和平的努力。