| 单词 | sadistic |
| 释义 | sadistic (once / 12248 pages) adj If you kick your little brother in the shin and feel a strange sense of enjoyment as you watch him cry, then you’re being sadistic, meaning that you get pleasure from hurting others. The Marquis de Sade was an 18th century French nobleman who became known for his unusual practices — which included finding pleasure from causing others pain. From the Marquis, we get the word sadism, which is used to describe someone who gets a strange enjoyment out of making others suffer. Someone who is sadistic might feel a cruel thrill from kicking a helpless puppy or making a child cry. WORD FAMILYsadistic: sadistically+/sadism: sadist, sadistic/sadist: sadists USAGE EXAMPLESAnd he said there was a "sadistic element" to the abuse. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) It’s unremittingly gory, but the violence is never sadistic or gratuitous; it’s necessary – the inevitable, inescapable result of the two sides’ conflicting goals. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) The resulting controversy, still smoldering today, seemed irresolvable: Depending on whom you asked, the hunt was either sadistic blood sport or noble tradition. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) adj deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from inflicting pain on another Ant masochistic deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from being abused or dominated |
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