We had to have our cat put to sleep.
對(duì)話
Cindy: What's the matter, you look as if you've been crying?
Betsy: I have, I've just come from the vet's.
Cindy: What happened?
Betsy: We had to have our cat put to sleep. She had a tumor which was incurable.
Cindy: Oh dear! I'm really sorry to hear that. How old was she?
Betsy: She was 15, which is quite old for a cat. But she really was like one of the family. That's why we're all so upset.
辛迪：什么事？你看來(lái)像哭了一場(chǎng)。
貝西：不錯(cuò)，我剛剛離開(kāi)獸醫(yī)診所。
辛迪：發(fā)生了什么事？
貝西：我們得結(jié)束的貓兒性命。她患了腫瘤，無(wú)法治療。
辛迪：啊，真令人難過(guò)。她多大了？
貝西：十五歲。對(duì)貓來(lái)說(shuō)，這是高齡了。但她就像我們家庭的一員，所以我們都很不開(kāi)心。
貝西說(shuō)不得已結(jié)束了貓兒性命：We had to have our cat put to sleep。留意不要把put to sleep和put to bed混淆：put to bed是‘使（小孩等）就寢’，例如：At ten, I put the children to bed（我十點(diǎn)鐘安頓孩子就寢）。Put to sleep直譯是‘使入睡’，通常有兩個(gè)意思：一是用麻醉藥使人或動(dòng)物失去知覺(jué)，一是把動(dòng)物生命了結(jié)，一般會(huì)借助藥物，例如：(1) The anesthetist gave the patient an injection, which put him to sleep（麻醉師給病人打了一針，使他失去知覺(jué)）。(2) The dog was so badly wounded that we decided to put him to sleep（我們見(jiàn)狗兒傷得很重，決定讓他安樂(lè)死）。另一個(gè)‘使動(dòng)物安樂(lè)死去’的說(shuō)法，是to put (an animal) down，例如：It will be a mercy to have the cat put down by a vet to end its suffering （叫獸醫(yī)了結(jié)這只貓的生命，以免它繼續(xù)受苦，實(shí)在是慈悲的事）。Mercy是‘慈悲’或‘憐憫’，所以‘無(wú)痛苦致死’或‘安樂(lè)死’叫mercy killing，例如：I told my son, after shooting the horse in the head, that it was a mercy killing（我一槍打在馬頭上把馬兒殺死，告訴兒子說(shuō)，那是要它死得舒適）。此外，你還可以用to put an animal out of its misery/suffering（使動(dòng)物在痛苦中得到解脫）來(lái)說(shuō)殺死傷、病的動(dòng)物，例如：Our dog had rabies, so we took him to the vet to put him out of his misery（我們的狗患了狂犬癥，于是我們帶它去獸醫(yī)診所，讓它安樂(lè)死）。
對(duì)話
Cindy: What's the matter, you look as if you've been crying?
Betsy: I have, I've just come from the vet's.
Cindy: What happened?
Betsy: We had to have our cat put to sleep. She had a tumor which was incurable.
Cindy: Oh dear! I'm really sorry to hear that. How old was she?
Betsy: She was 15, which is quite old for a cat. But she really was like one of the family. That's why we're all so upset.
辛迪：什么事？你看來(lái)像哭了一場(chǎng)。
貝西：不錯(cuò)，我剛剛離開(kāi)獸醫(yī)診所。
辛迪：發(fā)生了什么事？
貝西：我們得結(jié)束的貓兒性命。她患了腫瘤，無(wú)法治療。
辛迪：啊，真令人難過(guò)。她多大了？
貝西：十五歲。對(duì)貓來(lái)說(shuō)，這是高齡了。但她就像我們家庭的一員，所以我們都很不開(kāi)心。
貝西說(shuō)不得已結(jié)束了貓兒性命：We had to have our cat put to sleep。留意不要把put to sleep和put to bed混淆：put to bed是‘使（小孩等）就寢’，例如：At ten, I put the children to bed（我十點(diǎn)鐘安頓孩子就寢）。Put to sleep直譯是‘使入睡’，通常有兩個(gè)意思：一是用麻醉藥使人或動(dòng)物失去知覺(jué)，一是把動(dòng)物生命了結(jié)，一般會(huì)借助藥物，例如：(1) The anesthetist gave the patient an injection, which put him to sleep（麻醉師給病人打了一針，使他失去知覺(jué)）。(2) The dog was so badly wounded that we decided to put him to sleep（我們見(jiàn)狗兒傷得很重，決定讓他安樂(lè)死）。另一個(gè)‘使動(dòng)物安樂(lè)死去’的說(shuō)法，是to put (an animal) down，例如：It will be a mercy to have the cat put down by a vet to end its suffering （叫獸醫(yī)了結(jié)這只貓的生命，以免它繼續(xù)受苦，實(shí)在是慈悲的事）。Mercy是‘慈悲’或‘憐憫’，所以‘無(wú)痛苦致死’或‘安樂(lè)死’叫mercy killing，例如：I told my son, after shooting the horse in the head, that it was a mercy killing（我一槍打在馬頭上把馬兒殺死，告訴兒子說(shuō)，那是要它死得舒適）。此外，你還可以用to put an animal out of its misery/suffering（使動(dòng)物在痛苦中得到解脫）來(lái)說(shuō)殺死傷、病的動(dòng)物，例如：Our dog had rabies, so we took him to the vet to put him out of his misery（我們的狗患了狂犬癥，于是我們帶它去獸醫(yī)診所，讓它安樂(lè)死）。