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suicide n.自杀；自杀者；自取灭亡的行为adj.自杀性的 (1) 不知什么原因，她自杀了。(2) 警方怀疑是谋杀不是自杀。(3) 他在公司破产后曾试图自杀。(4) 他将一位自杀未遂者从河里拖上来。(5) 他知道拒绝这一提议会断送他的政治前程。(6) 她假装不认识那名自杀式炸弹袭击者。(7) 一枚自杀式人体炸弹在巴格达西部一所大学附近爆炸。 The word suicide breaks down into the Latin words sui and caedere, which together translate to “kill oneself.” However, not all suicides are about the final end of life. For example, a righteous politician can commit political suicide by speaking publicly about an unpopular topic. We call a person who has killed himself a suicide, and a police report might tell how many suicides happen in a city each year.

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英 ['suːɪsaɪd] 美 ['suːɪsaɪd] (1) For one reason or another, she committed suicide.(2) The police suspect foul play rather than suicide.(3) He attempted suicide after his firm had gone bankrupt.(4) He pulled a would-be suicide out of a river.(5) He knew it was political suicide to refuse the offer.(6) She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber.(7) A suicide bomber struck near a college in western Baghdad. Suicide is killing yourself on purpose, dying at your own hand. Some people kill themselves by accident, but that’s not suicide, it’s just clumsy and unfortunate. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]自杀 People who commit suicide deliberately kill themselves because they do not want to continue living. She tried to commit suicide on several occasions.她自杀过好几次。...a case of attempted suicide.自杀未遂事件...a growing number of suicides in the community.社会上越来越多的自杀事件2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]自杀性行为；自毁；自取灭亡的行为 You say that people commit suicide when they deliberately do something which ruins their career or position in society.   [supp N]Quite a few have committed social suicide by writing their boring memoirs...有一些人因为写那些枯燥无味的回忆录而毁了自己的社会形象。They say it would be political suicide for the party to abstain.他们说这个政党弃权无异于自毁政治前程。3[ADJ 形容词](袭击、任务、爆炸)自杀性的 The people involved in a suicide attack, mission, or bombing do not expect to survive.   [ADJ n]According to the army, the teenager said he was on a 'suicide mission' for the movement.军方消息称，这个少年说他正在为这次运动执行“自杀性任务”。...a suicide bomber.自杀性炸弹袭击者

英语单词	suicide
英美音标	英 ['suːɪsaɪd] 美 ['suːɪsaɪd]
中文释义	n.自杀；自杀者；自取灭亡的行为 adj.自杀性的
英语例句	(1) For one reason or another, she committed suicide. (2) The police suspect foul play rather than suicide. (3) He attempted suicide after his firm had gone bankrupt. (4) He pulled a would-be suicide out of a river. (5) He knew it was political suicide to refuse the offer. (6) She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber. (7) A suicide bomber struck near a college in western Baghdad.
中文例句	(1) 不知什么原因，她自杀了。 (2) 警方怀疑是谋杀不是自杀。 (3) 他在公司破产后曾试图自杀。 (4) 他将一位自杀未遂者从河里拖上来。 (5) 他知道拒绝这一提议会断送他的政治前程。 (6) 她假装不认识那名自杀式炸弹袭击者。 (7) 一枚自杀式人体炸弹在巴格达西部一所大学附近爆炸。
vocabulary简明	Suicide is killing yourself on purpose, dying at your own hand. Some people kill themselves by accident, but that’s not suicide, it’s just clumsy and unfortunate.
vocabulary扩展	The word suicide breaks down into the Latin words sui and caedere, which together translate to “kill oneself.” However, not all suicides are about the final end of life. For example, a righteous politician can commit political suicide by speaking publicly about an unpopular topic. We call a person who has killed himself a suicide, and a police report might tell how many suicides happen in a city each year.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]自杀 People who commit suicide deliberately kill themselves because they do not want to continue living. She tried to commit suicide on several occasions. 她自杀过好几次。 ...a case of attempted suicide. 自杀未遂事件 ...a growing number of suicides in the community. 社会上越来越多的自杀事件 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]自杀性行为；自毁；自取灭亡的行为 You say that people commit suicide when they deliberately do something which ruins their career or position in society. [supp N] Quite a few have committed social suicide by writing their boring memoirs... 有一些人因为写那些枯燥无味的回忆录而毁了自己的社会形象。 They say it would be political suicide for the party to abstain. 他们说这个政党弃权无异于自毁政治前程。 3 [ADJ 形容词](袭击、任务、爆炸)自杀性的 The people involved in a suicide attack, mission, or bombing do not expect to survive. [ADJ n] According to the army, the teenager said he was on a 'suicide mission' for the movement. 军方消息称，这个少年说他正在为这次运动执行“自杀性任务”。 ...a suicide bomber. 自杀性炸弹袭击者

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