试图取悦观众对艺术家来说无疑是自取灭亡。

Trying to please an audience is the kiss of death for an artist.

动辄肆无忌惮地为抢地盘大打出手，岂不是自取灭亡？

At every turn unbridled ground roughhouses to grab territory under one's control, be court destruction?

如果我们不想想办法，简直是自取灭亡。你的意思是要我们坐视不管吗？

We're cutting our own throats if we don't do something. Are you saying we should just do nothing?

违反它赖以存在的行为，就是自取灭亡，何况根本不存在的东西并不能创造任何东西。

Violation of the act by which it exists would be self-annihilation; and that which is itself nothing can create nothing.

特别是后者将导致一个两难的境地：人类如果过度掠夺自然资源将会自取灭亡，但是如果不那样做又会面临悲惨的命运。

The latter, in particular, presents a catch twenty-two: man will sow his destruction if he exploits natural resources, but he risks perishing if he does not do so.