万花筒 2011-09-20&09-22 美资深媒体人：抛弃患阿兹海默症伴侣的行为可以接受

 So much friends' sickness and in health, religious TV personality Pat Robertson says that divorcing a spouse¹ suffering from Alzheimer's is justifiable² because the disease is a form of death. Here's what Robertson told his 700 club viewers, when responding to a viewer's question about a husband dating another woman while his wife suffers from the disease. 

 

"I know it sounds cruel, but if he's going to lose something, he should divorce her and start all over again. But you know, to make sure she has custodial³ care and somebody looking after her." 

 

Robertson did add that the situation is a terribly hard thing and that an ethicist⁴ besides him should give the answer.

1 spouse   

n.配偶(指夫或妻)

参考例句：

• Her spouse will come to see her on Sunday.她的丈夫星期天要来看她。
• What is the best way to keep your spouse happy in the marriage?在婚姻中保持配偶幸福的最好方法是什么？

2 justifiable   

adj.有理由的，无可非议的

参考例句：

• What he has done is hardly justifiable.他的所作所为说不过去。
• Justifiable defense is the act being exempted from crimes.正当防卫不属于犯罪行为。

3 custodial   

adj.监护的，照管的

参考例句：

• The teenagers were convicted of manslaughter and given a two-year custodial sentence. 这些青少年被判过失杀人罪，及二年的监禁（拘留）刑罚。
• This article interrogates the cultural experience of being a non custodial mother. 本文审视一位无监护权的母亲所感受到的文化体验。

4 ethicist   

n.伦理学家，道德学家

参考例句：

• They are used to resolving conflicting principles, says Dick Willems, a Dutch doctor and ethicist. 荷兰的医生，伦理学家DickWillems说，他们惯于解决相冲突的原则。
• They are used to resolving conflicting principles, says Dick Willems gold, a Dutch doctor and ethicist. 一个荷兰医生与道德家，认为他们习惯了解决有冲突的原则。