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suicide

/soo-uh-sahyd/US // ˈsu əˌsaɪd //UK // (ˈsuːɪˌsaɪd, ˈsjuː-) //

自自杀,自自杀者,自自杀身,自自杀的人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the intentional taking of one's own life.
    • : destruction of one's own interests or prospects: Buying that house was financial suicide.
    • : a person who intentionally takes their own life.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    su·i·cid·ed, su·i·cid·ing.

    • : to intentionally end one’s own life; to die by suicide.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    su·i·cid·ed, su·i·cid·ing.

    • : to kill.

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Examples

  • The Samaritan guidelines are written around the assumption that suicide is a purely irrational act, an act spurred by illness.

  • The sad fact is that more than 41 percent of trans people admit making at least one suicide attempt in their lifetime.

  • But at 45, Branch died of a reported suicide, leaving behind family, friends and a legacy that goes beyond the beauty industry.

  • One is reported to have blown himself up, along with many victims, but detonating a suicide vest.

  • When I was in the closet in my twenties, I considered suicide almost every day.

  • But I cannot imagine myself committing suicide—talk about ugly words!

  • Amongst the prisoners were several provincial governors, one of whom attempted to commit suicide.

  • If you fight in your boots, we must all do the same, and for myself—well, I have not come here to commit suicide.

  • We had hardly lost sight of the slaver before one of our own crew had nearly committed suicide.

  • But that arch-fiend had been deserted by the majority of his followers, and he was babbling of suicide to his fellow Brahmins.