单词 | suicide pact |
释义 | > as lemmassuicide pact suicide pact n. an agreement made between two or more people to take their own lives; also figurative. ΚΠ 1904 Literary Digest 15 Oct. 502/2 At first it was suspected that the tragedy was the consummation of a suicide pact. 1911 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 19 Apr. 4/3 Before he shot himself..he shot Miss Bovee three times, they having previously entered into a suicide pact. 1957 Observer 1 Sept. 8/3 The German electorate are baffled as to whether Nato is meant to defend their soil, or provide the tripwire for a Soviet-American suicide pact. 2008 Church Times 22 Feb. 28/3 Nearly 100 young people—some as young as 15—are thought to have died in suicide pacts that year. < as lemmas |
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