suicide
US: /ˈsuəˌsaɪd/, /ˈsuɪˌsaɪd/
UK: /sˈuːɪsˌaɪd/
UK: /sˈuːɪsˌaɪd/
English Vietnamese dictionary
suicide /'sjuisaid/
- danh từ
- sự tự tử, sự tự vẫn
- to commit suicide: tự tử
- hành động tự sát
- to commit political suicide: phạm một sai lầm có tính chất tự sát về chính trị
- người tự tử
- sự tự tử, sự tự vẫn
- nội động từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) tự tử, tự vẫn
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [U, C] the act of killing yourself deliberately: to commit suicide + an attempted suicide (= one in which the person survives) + a suicide letter / note (= written before sb tries to commit suicide) + a suicide bomber (= who expects to die while trying to kill other people with a bomb)
2 [U] a course of action that is likely to ruin your career, position in society, etc: It would have been political suicide for him to challenge the allegations in court.
3 [C] (formal) a person who commits suicide
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
attempted | mass
Members of the sect committed mass suicide.
| economic | electoral, political
Raising taxes before an election would be political suicide.
VERB + SUICIDE
commit | attempt | contemplate
SUICIDE + NOUN
threat | attempt, bid
He slashed his wrists in a failed suicide bid.
| pact
The couple died together in a suicide pact.
| bomber, bombing | mission | letter, note
He died without leaving a suicide note.
| rate
Concise English dictionary
suicides'suːɪsaɪd
noun
+the act of killing yourself
+a person who kills himself intentionally
