单词 | suicide |
释义 | suicide (suːɪsaɪd ) Word forms: suicides 1. variable noun B2 People who commit suicide deliberately kill themselves because they do not want to continue living. She tried to commit suicide on several occasions. ...a case of attempted suicide. ...a growing number of suicides in the community. Synonyms: taking your own life, self-destruction, ending it all [informal], self-immolation 2. uncountable noun B2 You say that people commit suicide when they deliberately do something which ruins their career or position in society. Quite a few have committed social suicide by writing their boring memoirs. They say it would be political suicide for the party to abstain. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 The people involved in a suicide attack, mission, or bombing do not expect to survive. According to the army, the teenager said he was on a 'suicide mission' for the movement. ...a suicide bomber. Translations: Chinese: 自杀 Japanese: 自殺 |
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