1.-euthanasia /ˌjuθə'neʒə/
-to help the suffering and terminally ill to die;
-to die with a doctor's help at the time;
-doctor-assisted dying/assisted dying;
-to help patients to die;
-deliberately ending a human life;
-to allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with terminal diseases
-premature death
-assisted dying
2. The idea fills its critics with dismay.
[fill with If something fills you with an emotion, or if an emotion fills you, you experience this emotion strongly.]
e.g.He stared at his favourite child, dismayed, filled with fear.
他惊愕地盯着自己最宠爱的孩子，满心恐惧
I admired my father, and his work filled me with awe and curiosity...
我很钦佩父亲，并对他的工作充满了敬畏和好奇。
3.For others, the legalisation of doctor-assisted dying is the first step on a slippery slope where the vulnerable are threatened and where premature death becomes a cheap alternative to palliative care.
slippery slope
noun only singular
a bad situation or habit which, after it has started, is likely to get very much worse 滑坡效应（指坏情况或恶习一旦开始很可能
You're on a slippery slope once you start lying about your age!你一旦开始对你的年龄撒谎，就再也停不住了！
