009 田静考研英语每日一句 I 2002英一T4-01

每日长难句 9

原句：

Although it 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.

【2002 Text 4】

单词：

✅rule v. 裁决；统治，支配；规定，管理

✅constitutional adj. 宪法的，宪法规定的，合乎宪法的

✅physician-assisted suicide 医生协助病人自杀

✅in effect 实际上

✅principle n. 原则，原理；准则，规范

✅hold v. 认为，相信；持有，拥有

✅intend v. 打算，计划；意指

✅foresee v.预见，预知(过去式foresaw，过去分词 foreseen)

✅permissible adj. 可允许的，许可的

分析长难句：

找谓语动词：

Although it 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.

断开长难句：

①让步状语从句: Although it ruled

②宾语从句：that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide

③主句: the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect,” a centuries-old moral principle holding

④宾语从句: that an action having two effects is permissible

⑤定语从句: that is intended

⑥定语从句: that is foreseen

⑦条件状语从句: if the actor intends only the good effect.

📝嵌套结构

{ [ ① (②) ] ③ [④(⑤ ⑥ ⑦) ] }

📝分裂结构

📝平行结构

a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen

译文：

尽管它(最高法院)裁定宪法没有赋予医生协助病人自杀的权利，但实际上法院支持“双重效果”的医疗原则，这个存在了好几个世纪的道德原则认为，具有双重效果(希望达到的好效果和可预见的坏效果)的行为是可允许的，只要行为实施者想要的仅仅是好效果。