suicide

Word family adjectivesuicidaladverbsuicidallynounsuicidologistsuicidologysuicide pactsuicide

su·i·cide /ˈsuːəsaɪd, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuː-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

1 KILLthe act of killing yourself 自杀

More people commit suicide at Christmas than at any other time.

圣诞节期间自杀的人比其他任何时候都多。

My mother attempted suicide on many occasions.

我母亲多次试图自杀。

He apparently left a suicide note on his desk (=letter explaining his reasons for killing himself).

他显然在桌上留了封绝笔信。

2 political/economic suicide DESTROYsomething you do that ruins your good position in politics or the economy 断送政治前程/经济发展之举

He said a vote for Labour would be a vote for economic suicide.

他说投工党的票等于是自毁经济。

Examples from the Corpus

political/economic suicide• The government believes it would be political suicide to allow pension contributions to rise above 30 percent.• To have taken on the world in that state would have been political suicide.• Hence Mr Yeltsin's dilemma: to persuade the deputies to commit political suicide without acting unconstitutionally.• It built the Central Valley Project to rescue the growers from economic suicide by groundwater overdraft.• Sensing his authority had ebbed, Fujimori grimly took the only exit left: political suicide, a move that stunned everyone.

3. suicide attack/mission/bombing etc an attack etc in which the person who carries out the attack deliberately kills himself or herself in the process of killing other people 自杀性攻击/任务/爆炸等

Examples from the Corpus

suicide attack/mission/bombing etc• The powers-that-be decide to send you on a suicide mission - nice peeps, aren't they?• His suicide mission came as a surprise to more people than just his family.• As Delbert saw it, they went on suicide missions, which was just the kind of action he wanted.

4. suicide by cop American EnglishAmE an occasion when someone deliberately threatens a police officer in order to make the police officer shoot, as a way of committing suicide 借警察之手自杀

n COLLOCATIONS

verbs

commit suicide (=kill yourself)

Most people who commit suicide have had depressive illnesses.

attempt suicide (=try to kill yourself)

She had attempted suicide twice.

contemplate suicide (=think that you might try to kill yourself)

I contemplated suicide on several occasions after my daughter died.

suicide + NOUN

a suicide attempt

He was admitted to a psychiatric facility after a suicide attempt.

a suicide bid (=a suicide attempt – used in news reports)

The singer was rushed to hospital after an apparent suicide bid.

a suicide note (=a letter in which someone explains their reasons for killing themselves)

He left a suicide note for his two teenage children saying ‘Please forgive me.’

a suicide threat (=when someone says that they will kill themselves)

Depression may sometimes lead to suicide threats.

a suicide pact (=an agreement that two or more people make to kill themselves at the same time)

She shot her husband and herself in a suicide pact.

the suicide rate (=the number of people who kill themselves)

The suicide rate among former soldiers is very high.

adjectives

mass suicide (=when many people commit suicide together)

He ordered his followers to commit mass suicide.

assisted suicide (=when someone such as a doctor helps a very ill person commit suicide)

Thirty-four other states have adopted similar laws banning assisted suicide.

Examples from the Corpus

suicide• Police are treating the man's death as suicide.• In the United States, 35 states explicitly make doctor-assisted suicide a crime, including New York.• He told me the only way he could get checked in to a hospital was by attempting suicide.• Barry threatened to commit suicide if she refused to marry him.• Rumours spread that you had committed suicide.• Stephen required hospital treatment after his suicide attempt.• This would particularly apply where the risk of suicide is judged to be high.• To have taken on the world in that state would have been political suicide.• Moore's suicide note was also read to the court.• There is grave concern about the number of teenage suicides recorded last year.

commit suicide• But Grundberg committed suicide June 22,1994.• The Minister of Law and Order denied any police responsibility and suggested that many of those who died had committed suicide.• Elaine Blond observed that he had committed suicide by stages.• The Gamester also ended tragically when Beverly, a gambler, falsely accused of murder, committed suicide by taking poison.• Only by restoring his muscle spasm had he been able to conquer the impulse to commit suicide.• I have tried to commit suicide many times, but I couldn't do it.• The second time, like the first, no one could say for certain she had been trying to commit suicide.• After the cremains were found last June in a collapsed storage locker, Vieira committed suicide.

Origin suicide

(1600-1700) Latin sui “of oneself” + English -cide

单词	suicide
释义	suicide Word family adjectivesuicidaladverbsuicidallynounsuicidologistsuicidologysuicide pactsuicide su·i·cide /ˈsuːəsaɪd, ˈsjuː- $ ˈsuː-/ ●○○ noun [countableC, uncountableU] 1 KILLthe act of killing yourself 自杀 More people commit suicide at Christmas than at any other time. 圣诞节期间自杀的人比其他任何时候都多。 My mother attempted suicide on many occasions. 我母亲多次试图自杀。 He apparently left a suicide note on his desk (=letter explaining his reasons for killing himself). 他显然在桌上留了封绝笔信。 2 political/economic suicide DESTROYsomething you do that ruins your good position in politics or the economy 断送政治前程/经济发展之举 He said a vote for Labour would be a vote for economic suicide. 他说投工党的票等于是自毁经济。 Examples from the Corpus political/economic suicide• The government believes it would be political suicide to allow pension contributions to rise above 30 percent.• To have taken on the world in that state would have been political suicide.• Hence Mr Yeltsin's dilemma: to persuade the deputies to commit political suicide without acting unconstitutionally.• It built the Central Valley Project to rescue the growers from economic suicide by groundwater overdraft.• Sensing his authority had ebbed, Fujimori grimly took the only exit left: political suicide, a move that stunned everyone. 3. suicide attack/mission/bombing etc an attack etc in which the person who carries out the attack deliberately kills himself or herself in the process of killing other people 自杀性攻击/任务/爆炸等 Examples from the Corpus suicide attack/mission/bombing etc• The powers-that-be decide to send you on a suicide mission - nice peeps, aren't they?• His suicide mission came as a surprise to more people than just his family.• As Delbert saw it, they went on suicide missions, which was just the kind of action he wanted. 4. suicide by cop American EnglishAmE an occasion when someone deliberately threatens a police officer in order to make the police officer shoot, as a way of committing suicide 借警察之手自杀 n COLLOCATIONS verbs commit suicide (=kill yourself) Most people who commit suicide have had depressive illnesses. attempt suicide (=try to kill yourself) She had attempted suicide twice. contemplate suicide (=think that you might try to kill yourself) I contemplated suicide on several occasions after my daughter died. suicide + NOUN a suicide attempt He was admitted to a psychiatric facility after a suicide attempt. a suicide bid (=a suicide attempt – used in news reports) The singer was rushed to hospital after an apparent suicide bid. a suicide note (=a letter in which someone explains their reasons for killing themselves) He left a suicide note for his two teenage children saying ‘Please forgive me.’ a suicide threat (=when someone says that they will kill themselves) Depression may sometimes lead to suicide threats. a suicide pact (=an agreement that two or more people make to kill themselves at the same time) She shot her husband and herself in a suicide pact. the suicide rate (=the number of people who kill themselves) The suicide rate among former soldiers is very high. adjectives mass suicide (=when many people commit suicide together) He ordered his followers to commit mass suicide. assisted suicide (=when someone such as a doctor helps a very ill person commit suicide) Thirty-four other states have adopted similar laws banning assisted suicide. Examples from the Corpus suicide• Police are treating the man's death as suicide.• In the United States, 35 states explicitly make doctor-assisted suicide a crime, including New York.• He told me the only way he could get checked in to a hospital was by attempting suicide.• Barry threatened to commit suicide if she refused to marry him.• Rumours spread that you had committed suicide.• Stephen required hospital treatment after his suicide attempt.• This would particularly apply where the risk of suicide is judged to be high.• To have taken on the world in that state would have been political suicide.• Moore's suicide note was also read to the court.• There is grave concern about the number of teenage suicides recorded last year. commit suicide• But Grundberg committed suicide June 22,1994.• The Minister of Law and Order denied any police responsibility and suggested that many of those who died had committed suicide.• Elaine Blond observed that he had committed suicide by stages.• The Gamester also ended tragically when Beverly, a gambler, falsely accused of murder, committed suicide by taking poison.• Only by restoring his muscle spasm had he been able to conquer the impulse to commit suicide.• I have tried to commit suicide many times, but I couldn't do it.• The second time, like the first, no one could say for certain she had been trying to commit suicide.• After the cremains were found last June in a collapsed storage locker, Vieira committed suicide. Origin suicide (1600-1700) Latin sui “of oneself” + English -cide
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