suicide

suicide
[ˈs(j)uːɪsʌɪd]
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of killing oneself intentionally
    自杀
    he committed suicide at the age of forty.
    他40岁时自杀了。
    [count noun]gun control laws may reduce suicides.
    枪支管制法可能会减少自杀。
    ■[count noun]a person who does this
    自杀者
    ■a course of action which is disastrously damaging to oneself or one's interests
    自杀性行为，自毁
    it would be political suicide to restrict criteria for unemployment benefit.
    限制领取失业救济金的标准无异于政治自杀。
    ■[as modifier]relating to or denoting a military operation carried out by people who do not expect to survive it
    （军事上的）自杀性行为，与对方同归于尽的行为
    a suicide bomber.
    自杀轰炸机。
verb
  1. [no obj.]intentionally kill oneself
    自杀
    she suicided in a very ugly manner.
    她以一种非常骇人的方式自杀了。
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from modern Latin suicida 'act of suicide', suicidium 'person who commits suicide', from Latin sui 'of oneself' + caedere 'kill'
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