• n. 幸災(zāi)樂禍

來自德語 Schadenfreude,幸災(zāi)樂禍，以別人的痛苦為樂，來自 schaden,傷害，損傷，詞源同 scathe,freude,歡樂，快樂，原義為跳，詞源同 frog,frolic.雙字母-sc-在德語鼻音化為-sch-.

schadenfreude (n.)

"malicious joy in the misfortunes of others," 1922, German Schadenfreude, literally "damage-joy," from schaden "damage, harm, injury" (see scathe) + freude, from Old High German frewida "joy," from fro "happy," literally "hopping for joy," from Proto-Germanic *frawa- (see frolic).

What a fearful thing is it that any language should have a word expressive of the pleasure which men feel at the calamities of others; for the existence of the word bears testimony to the existence of the thing. And yet in more than one such a word is found. ... In the Greek epikhairekakia, in the German, 'Schadenfreude.' [Richard C. Trench, "On the Study of Words," 1852]

1. But this week's hammer - blow will unleash waves of Schadenfreude.

但這周的重?fù)粢l(fā)了一股幸災(zāi)樂禍的浪潮.

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2. As the suffering increased, a certain inevitable Schadenfreude set in.

隨著痛苦的增加, “幸災(zāi)樂禍”不可避免地浮出水面.

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