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the act of killing yourself deliberately 自殺 to commit suicide 自殺 an attempted suicide (= one in which the person survives) 自殺未遂 a suicide bomber (= who expects to die while trying to kill other people with a bomb) 自殺式爆炸者
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1Her death was ruled an apparent suicide. 她的死被判定爲明顯的自殺。 Members of the sect committed mass suicide. 那個教派的成員集體自殺了。 He slashed his wrists in a failed suicide attempt. 他割腕自殺未遂。 He was put on suicide watch earlier in his prison term. 爲防止他自殺，關押初期他受到了監視。 There is no evidence that he is a suicide risk. 沒有證據表明他要自殺。 a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy 對軍事艦隊進行的自殺性爆炸襲擊 the questions surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide 圍繞安樂死和輔助性自殺的問題 the ritual suicide of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre 寡婦在丈夫的火葬柴堆上進行的儀式性自殺
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- attempted
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- double
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- commit
- attempt
- consider
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- risk
- threat
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a course of action that is likely to destroy your career, position in society, etc. 自殺性行爲；自毀；自取滅亡的行爲 It would have been political suicide for him to challenge the allegations in court. 假如當時他在法庭上質疑那些指控，那無異於自毀政治前程。
Extra ExamplesThat's asking them to commit career suicide. 那等於是讓他們斷送自己的職業生涯。 Wearing shoes like that would be social suicide. 穿那樣的鞋子無異於社交上自絕其路。
- [countable] (formal)
a person who commits suicide 自殺者
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin suicida ‘act of suicide’, suicidium ‘person who commits suicide’, from Latin sui ‘of oneself’ + caedere ‘kill’.