| 释义 |
ˈdeath-wish
[tr. G. todeswunsch, f. tod death + wunsch wish.]
A conscious or unconscious wish for the death of oneself or another; also fig.
1896L. Housman Green Arras 68 And I, at the death-wish then, Stood looking upon it all. 1913A. A. Brill tr. Freud's Interpr. of Dreams v. 218 The death-wish towards parents is to be explained by reference to earliest childhood. 1929P. Mairet Adler's Problems of Neurosis vi. 84 After having triumphed over him and having had the death-wish granted by fate, he remained still unsatisfied. 1937‘C. Caudwell’ Illusion & Reality 97 The same secret death-wishes are shown by these aristocrats if they turn revolutionary. 1947Partisan Rev. XIV. 233 Even in America..the death-wish of the business community appears to go beyond the normal limits of political incompetence and geographical security. 1953X. Fielding Stronghold 153 A death-wish, a longing to be underground, to be in a tomb, buried. 1958New Statesman 11 Jan. 29/1 Whatever handicaps Mr. Macmillan labours under as Prime Minister, they do not include the death-wish; he is still jauntily determined to win the next election. |