suicide
n
1
(a) [U] killing oneself intentionally 自杀: commit suicide 自杀
four cases of suicide 四起自杀案件.
(b) [C] act of this 自杀行为
three suicides in one week 一周中的三起自杀事件.
2 [C] person who commits suicide 自杀者.
3 [U] (fig 比喻) any action that may have serious consequences for oneself 给自己带来严重後果的行为
political suicide, ie action by a politician that will ruin his career 政治上的自杀(政治家自毁前程)
economic suicide, eg adopting policies that will ruin the economy 经济上的自杀(如施行导致经济崩溃的政策).
Your wife would not be pleased to hear you say that.
你的妻子听到你那么说是会不高兴的。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read