suicide
noun
ˈsuːɪəsaɪd
noun
1
the
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
(=letter
explaining
his
reasons
for
killing
himself)
.
他显然是留了封绝笔信。
2
political/economic suicide
something
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。
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
4
suicide by cop
an
occasion
when
someone
deliberately
threatens
a
police
officer
in
order
to
make
the
police
officer
shoot,
as
a
way
of
commiting
suicide
[美] 借警察之手自杀
AmE