考研阅读逐句翻译2002年第4篇第2句 Althoughit ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide,the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect”, a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effects–a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen–is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect.
词汇:
rule //v. 统治,管理控制裁定
constitutional //adj. 宪法的,符合宪法的(某人)体质的,体格的
in effect // 实际上
principle //n. 原则,原理准则,规范
permissible //adj. 容许的
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译文:
尽管裁决规定,宪法没有赋予医生帮助病人自杀的权利,但高法院实际上还是认可“双重效应”的医疗原则。这一延续了数百年的道德原则认为,若某个行为具有两种结果––想要达到的好和可以预见的坏––如果行为执行者只想达到好结果,那么这个行为就是可以允许的。
翻译思路:难句拆分之后易理解
Althoughit ruled (although引起的让步状语从句,it指代上文的the Supreme Court,要注意rule在法律上的意义是“做出裁决”)
//that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide(that引导的宾语从句,做ruled这个动词的宾语),
//the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect”(是although从句对应的主句),
//acenturies-old moral principle (同位语,解释上文的principle of “double effect”)
//holding(holding分词短语作定语,修饰principle,holding在这里是“认为”的意思)
//that an action having two effects–a good one that is intended and a harmful one thatis foreseen–is permissible (that引导的宾语从句,作holding的宾语,这个宾语从句的主语是anaction,havingtwo effects又是分词短语作定语谓语是ispermissible中间的破折号在解释twoeffects)
//if theactor intends only the good effect(if条件状语从句,其对应的主句是an action is permissible).
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