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Someone who is pro-choice believes that a woman has a right to have an abortion — that is, to end a pregnancy on purpose so that a baby is not born — and that the law should leave that decision with her (and her doctor), not ban it.
Someone who is pro-choice持 pro-choice 立場的人 believes相信: a woman女性 has a right有權利 to have an abortion墮胎—— that is也就是, on purpose刻意 to end a pregnancy中止懷孕, so that a baby is not born讓孩子不出生—— and that the law而且法律 should leave that decision應該把這個決定留 with her給她 (and her doctor和她的醫生), not ban it而不是禁止。
It is a political label, often set against pro-life, which is the name used by people who want the law to stop most or all abortions. You meet it in news, protests, and election talk, especially about the United States; it is not small talk.
It is a political label這是一個政治標籤, often set against常常拿來相對的是 pro-life, which is the name used by people那是一群人用的名字: who want the law to stop他們希望法律擋下 most or all abortions大多數或所有的墮胎。 in news, protests, and election talk在新聞、抗議和選舉話題裡 You meet it你會遇到它, especially about the United States尤其是講美國的時候; it is not small talk它不是閒聊用語。
The word is an adjective: a pro-choice voter, a pro-choice group, she is pro-choice.
The word is an adjective這個字是形容詞: a pro-choice voter支持選擇權的選民、 a pro-choice group支持選擇權的團體、 she is pro-choice她支持墮胎權。
Though actually, both sides chose kind-sounding names. Pro-choice puts the weight on 'who decides'; people who disagree say the real question is the life of the child. The tidy dictionary line is one belief; the street argument is hotter than that line.
Though actually不過其實, both sides兩邊 chose都給自己挑了 kind-sounding names聽起來良善的名字。 Pro-choice puts the weight on把重量放在 'who decides'「由誰決定」上; people who disagree不同意的人 say則說 the real question真正的問題 is是 the life of the unborn child未出生孩子的生命。 The tidy dictionary line字典裡整齊的那一行 is one belief是一種信念; the street argument街頭上的爭論 than that line比那一行 is hotter火熱得多。
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pro-choiceadj
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ethicshuman-scienceslawSupportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.
- When I defend my pro-choice position in the debate over abortion in our country, I frequently refer to Romania, where pregnancy could be monitored on behalf of the state, and to China, where it could be forcibly terminated.
- But if past is prologue, it’s hard to predict what our prochoice Republican governor will do. […] “You’re totally prochoice and bipartisan,” Caroline says in the ad, as they sit together on a park bench surrounded by trees and grass.
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ethicshuman-scienceslawSupportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to end their life by euthanasia.
- These cases help create and sustain an essentially pro-choice regime, at least with respect to passive euthanasia and arguably with respect to physician-assisted suicide as well.
- Two other sites worthy of note are http://www.efn.org/~ergo/ (Pro-Choice) and http://www.euthanasia.com (Pro-Life).
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Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, bodily integrity, and individual sovereignty.
- Individualism, self-determination, and pro-choice rhetorics are additional cultural discourses that play into this experience as well: the ability to make your own choices in life and to be able to succeed with those choices is the quintessential American dream.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。