masochists
英 ['mæsəkɪst]
美 ['mæsəkɪst]
n. 性受虐狂者，受虐狂者
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 性受虐狂
Masochism is behaviour in which someone gets sexual pleasure from their own pain or suffering.- The tendency towards masochism is however always linked with elements of sadism.
不过，性受虐狂的倾向中总是有一些施虐的成分。
- The tendency towards masochism is however always linked with elements of sadism.
- N-UNCOUNT 自虐狂;受虐狂
If you describe someone's behaviour as masochism, you mean that they seem to be trying to get into a situation which causes them suffering or great difficulty.- Once you have tasted life in southern California, it takes a peculiar kind of masochism to return to a British winter.
一旦体验过南加州的生活，再重返寒冬腊月里的英国就有点自讨苦吃。
- Once you have tasted life in southern California, it takes a peculiar kind of masochism to return to a British winter.
- See also: sado-masochism
双语例句
- Are we masochists or optimists, if we continue to walk that Fine line?
若我们继续走在那条线上，我们算是受虐狂还是乐观主义？ - While sceptical observers may consider it a sport for demented masochists, the reality is that they don't know what they're missing.
心存疑问的观察人士也许会认为这是一种精神错乱受虐狂的运动，而实际上，这些怀疑论者却并不知道自己正在错过什么。 - The eurozone is a cage for masochists.
欧元区是一座牢笼，里面关满受虐狂。 - If all members of the eurozone would rejoin happily today, they would be extreme masochists.
如果欧元区所有成员国现在愿意重归于好，那么他们就是极端的受虐狂。