• n. 受虐狂；被虐待狂

來自19世紀(jì)奧地利小說家Leopold von Sacher-Masoch,他把自己心中的受虐思想和真實(shí)生活用小說的形式表現(xiàn)出來，其中最著名的為”Venus im Pelz”.參照電影《穿裘皮的維納斯》。后心理學(xué)家用他的名字來表示受虐狂。比較Sadism,SM.

masochism

masochism: [19] The term masochism was based on the name of Leopold von Sacher- Masoch (1836–95), an Austrian novelist who used the theme of gaining sexual gratification from the infliction of pain on oneself in his writings

masochism (n.)

"sexual pleasure in being hurt or abused," 1892, from German Masochismus, coined 1883 by German neurologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840-1902), from name of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895), Austrian utopian socialist novelist who enshrined his submissive sexuality in "Venus in Furs" (1869, German title "Venus im Pelz").

1. The tendency towards masochism is however always linked with elements of sadism.

不過，性受虐狂的傾向中總是有一些施虐的成分。

來自柯林斯例句

2. You spent the whole weekend in a tent in the rain? That's masochism!

下著雨，你就在帳篷里度過了整個(gè)周末？真是自討苦吃！

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Psychoanalysts tend to regard both sadism and masochism as arising from childhood deprivation.

精神分析學(xué)家往往認(rèn)為施虐狂和受虐狂都是由于兒時(shí)缺乏關(guān)愛造成的。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Once you have tasted life in southern California, it takes a peculiar kind of masochism to return to a British winter.

一旦體驗(yàn)過南加州的生活，再重返寒冬臘月里的英國就有點(diǎn)自討苦吃。

來自柯林斯例句

5. I reckon you need to be into masochism to run marathons.

我覺得跑馬拉松要有以苦為樂的精神.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)