suicide
n
1
(a) [U] killing oneself intentionally 自殺: commit suicide 自殺
four cases of suicide 四起自殺案件.
(b) [C] act of this 自殺行為
three suicides in one week 一周中的三起自殺事件.
2 [C] person who commits suicide 自殺者.
3 [U] (fig 比喻) any action that may have serious consequences for oneself 給自己帶來嚴重後果的行為
political suicide, ie action by a politician that will ruin his career 政治上的自殺(政治家自毀前程)
economic suicide, eg adopting policies that will ruin the economy 經濟上的自殺(如施行導致經濟崩潰的政策).
Your wife would not be pleased to hear you say that.
你的妻子聽到你那么說是會不高興的。
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