Question

下段是我从英语四级里选的真题，有老师能帮我解析下吗？

George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death.

Answer 1

GeorgeAnnas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains that,as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, thedoctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hastendeath.

主语：George Annas

谓语：maintains

条件状语从句：as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimatemedical purpose

宾语从句：the doctor has done nothing illegal

让步状语从句：even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death

波士顿大学健康法系主任乔治安纳斯坚持认为，只要医生开药是出于正当的医疗目的，那么即使病人使用该药物加速死亡，医生的行为也没有违法。