例71　On another level, many in the medical community acknowledge that the assisted-suicide debate has been fueled in part by the despair of patients for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying.

【结构分析】这句话开头是个宾语从句many in the medical community acknowledge that...，宾语从句的主语是the assisted-suicide debate，动词是has been fueled in part by，动词是个被动语态，宾语是the despair of patients，后面加上定语从句for whom modern medicine has prolonged the physical agony of dying，其中whom指的是patients。

【亮点回放】此句话的亮点在于宾语从句套上定语从句，这个定语从句很难理解，而且关系代词里面有个介词for，这个for应该在定语从句的结尾，被放到了前面，表示目的。

【核心词汇】

acknowledge　承认

assisted-suicide debate　关于医生帮助下的自杀的讨论

fueled by　被加剧

despair　绝望

the physical agony of dying　死亡的生理的痛

【参考译文】在另一个层面上，很多医疗界的人士承认，关于医生帮助下的自杀的讨论，部分是因为病人的绝望情绪，对病人来说，现代医学已经延长了死亡的生理的痛苦。