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欢迎收看美国之音：新闻词汇。
Officials in France recently tried to rescue a whale found in the Seine River near Paris.
法国官员最近试图营救在巴黎附近的塞纳河发现的一头鲸鱼。
Euthanize
安乐死
It is not known how the beluga whale turned away from its path to the Arctic.
目前尚不清楚这头白鲸是如何偏离其前往北极的路线的。
Animal experts tried to lift the whale and take it to a cold environment for treatment.
动物专家试图将这头鲸鱼抬起来，带到寒冷的环境中进行治疗。
But the mammal had difficulty breathing.
但这只哺乳动物呼吸困难。
The experts decided to euthanize the creature.
专家们决定对这只动物实施安乐死。
Euthanize is a verb that describes the act of humanely ending the life of something that is dying in extreme suffering.
Euthanize是一个动词，用来描述人道地结束在极度痛苦中奄奄一息的某种生物的生命的行为。
It comes from Greek words meaning an easy death.
它来自希腊语，意思是安乐死。
