- [uncountable, countable]
the act of killing yourself deliberately 自杀 to commit suicide 自杀 an attempted suicide (= one in which the person survives) 自杀未遂 a suicide bomber (= who expects to die while trying to kill other people with a bomb) 自杀式爆炸者
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1Her death was ruled an apparent suicide. 她的死被判定为明显的自杀。 Members of the sect committed mass suicide. 那个教派的成员集体自杀了。 He slashed his wrists in a failed suicide attempt. 他割腕自杀未遂。 He was put on suicide watch earlier in his prison term. 为防止他自杀，关押初期他受到了监视。 There is no evidence that he is a suicide risk. 没有证据表明他要自杀。 a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy 对军事舰队进行的自杀性爆炸袭击 the questions surrounding euthanasia and assisted suicide 围绕安乐死和辅助性自杀的问题 the ritual suicide of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre 寡妇在丈夫的火葬柴堆上进行的仪式性自杀
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- attempted
- collective
- double
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- commit
- attempt
- consider
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- risk
- threat
- attempt
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a course of action that is likely to destroy your career, position in society, etc. 自杀性行为；自毁；自取灭亡的行为 It would have been political suicide for him to challenge the allegations in court. 假如当时他在法庭上质疑那些指控，那无异于自毁政治前程。
Extra ExamplesThat's asking them to commit career suicide. 那等于是让他们断送自己的职业生涯。 Wearing shoes like that would be social suicide. 穿那样的鞋子无异于社交上自绝其路。
- [countable] (formal)
a person who commits suicide 自杀者
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from modern Latin suicida ‘act of suicide’, suicidium ‘person who commits suicide’, from Latin sui ‘of oneself’ + caedere ‘kill’.