sadism
n[U]
(a) enjoyment of watching or inflicting cruelty 施虐狂
sadism in the treatment of prisoners 从虐待囚犯中得到的乐趣.
(b) getting sexual pleasure from this 性施虐狂. Cf 参看 masochism.
🗣️ 情景例句
Hi, Mr. Stewart.
嗨, Stewart先生。
Did you send it to him yourself?
你自己亲自送给他吗?
A recent survey of the effects of noise revealed (surprisingly?) that dogs barking incessantly in the night rated the highest form of noise pollution on a scale ranging from 1 to 7.