sadism /ˈseɪdɪzəm/ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Sadism is a type of behaviour in which a person obtains pleasure from hurting other people and making them suffer physically or mentally. 施虐狂

  例：

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

  精神分析专家们倾向于认为施虐狂和受虐狂均由童年时期缺乏关爱所致。

• 2. 

  sadist N-COUNT 施虐狂

  例：

  The man was a sadist who tortured animals and people.

  这个男人是个施虐狂，折磨动物也折磨人。