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schadenfreude

noun
🔊/ˈʃɑːdnfrɔɪdə/
🔊/ˈʃɑːdnfrɔɪdə/
[uncountable] (from German)
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  1. a feeling of pleasure at the bad things that happen to other people幸灾乐祸
    • I couldn’t resist a touch of schadenfreude when he was defeated so heavily in the election.当他在选举中被大败时，我无法抗拒幸灾乐祸。
    Word OriginGerman, from Schaden ‘harm’ + Freude ‘joy’.