7.3

今日长难句

Doctors have used that principle in recent years to justify using high doses of morphine to control terminally ill patients’ pain, even though increasing dosages will eventually kill the patient.（Text4. 2002）

principle / ˈprinsəpl / n.原则；原理

justify / ˈdʒʌstifai / v.证明…正确（或正当、有理）

morphin / ˈmɔ:fi:n / n.吗啡

terminally / ˈtə:minəli / adv.晚期地

even though 即使

dosage / ˈdəusidʒ / n.（通常指药的）剂量

结构分析（点击图片可放大）

翻译

近年来，医生们一直在借用这项原则为“使用大剂量吗啡抑制晚期病人痛苦”的行为辩护，尽管不断增加的剂量最终将导致病人死亡。

预告明日长难句

George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death.（Text4. 2002）