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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 effectsa good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseenis permissible if the actor intends only the good effect. 【词汇突破】constitutional 宪法的 physician-assisted suicide 医生帮助下的自杀 permissible 可以被允许的 【主干识别】the Court supported the medical principle of double effect 主谓宾结构 【其他成分】Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide状语从句;in effect作状语;a centuries-old moral principle holding that an action having two effectsa good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseenis permissible if the actor intends only the good effect整个都是the medical principle of double effect 的同位语。 【微观解析】a centuries-old moral principle其后被 holding that an action having two effectsa good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen--is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect. 所修饰。holding that +宾语从句，其中主干为：an action is permissible;having two effects修饰 an action;a good one and a harmful one为two effects的同位语，被that is intended和that is foreseen两个定语从句所修饰;if the actor intends only the good effect为宾语从句的状语。 | 
