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句子

On another Ievel, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assited-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.

短语

despair绝望
prolong延长
agony痛苦

句子解析

Many acknowledge that+宾语从句。on another level作状语;in the medical community作定语;the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled by the despair of patients 为宾语从句主干。in part宾语从句中的状语; for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying定语从句修饰patients;定语从句还原为一个独立的句子就是: Modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying for them.这个句子中的them和前面句子中的patients为相同名词。

翻译

在另一个层面上，很多医疗界的人士承认，对于医生帮助下的自杀的讨论之所以被激起，部分是因为病人的绝望情绪，对病人来说，现代医学延长了死亡前的身体痛苦。