（2002，text 4）
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 effects—a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen—is permissible if the actor intends only the good effect.
句子结构
让步状语从句：Although it ruled that there is no constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide, （让步状语从句中包含that引导的宾语从句，做rule的宾语）
句子主干：the Court in effect supported the medical principle of “double effect,”
同位语：a centuries-old moral principle
非谓语动词作后置定语：holding
宾语： that an action having two effects—a good one that is intended and a harmful one that is foreseen—is permissible
条件状语从句：if the actor intends only the good effect.
词汇学习
rule [ru:l] n. 规则；法则；规章；条例 v. 裁决，裁定；判定；
constitutional [ˌkɒn.stɪ'tju:.ʃən.əl] adj. 宪法（或章程）允许的，符合宪法的
physician-assisted 医生辅助的
in effect 实际上，事实上
foresee [fə'si:] v. 预见；预知；预料
permissible [pə'mɪs.ə.bl] adj. 允许的，许可的，准许的
句子翻译
尽管法庭裁决，宪法并没有赋予医生协助病人自杀的权利，但实际上却认可了“双效”医疗原则，这项已经存在了几个世纪的道德原则认为，一种具有双重影响的行为（一个是意图达到的好结果，一个是可预见的坏结果），如果行为实施者仅仅在意好的效果，那么，他的行为就是被允许的。
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