gloating over sth
over 后接别人遭遇的不幸或失败，是这一名词最常见的搭配。
His gloating over her failure made the whole office uncomfortable.
他对她失败的幸灾乐祸让整个办公室都不舒服。
幸灾乐祸；沾沾自喜
幸灾乐祸的行为
幸灾乐祸的行为
The act of one who gloats.
His gloating after winning the game annoyed his teammates.
他在比赛胜利后的沾沾自喜让队友们感到恼火。
用法提示：gloating 作名词，表示沾沾自喜的态度。
There was a note of gloating in his voice when he spoke about his promotion.
他谈到自己的晋升时，语气中带着一丝沾沾自喜。
用法提示：gloating 作名词，表示语气中流露出的自满。
Gloating over others' failures is considered rude and immature.
对他人的失败幸灾乐祸被认为是不礼貌和不成熟的表现。
用法提示：Gloating 是动名词作主语，表示幸灾乐祸的行为。
over 后接别人遭遇的不幸或失败，是这一名词最常见的搭配。
His gloating over her failure made the whole office uncomfortable.
他对她失败的幸灾乐祸让整个办公室都不舒服。
about 后接令人得意的话题或事件，语气比 over 稍口语化。
There was endless gloating about the rival team's loss.
人们对对手球队的失利没完没了地幸灾乐祸。
用 hint、note、tone 等词修饰时，表示幸灾乐祸只是隐约流露。
She detected a hint of gloating in his congratulations.
她从他道贺的话里听出一丝幸灾乐祸。
grammar · medium
易错句子He felt gloating when his rival failed.
正确表达He felt a sense of gloating when his rival failed.
“gloating”是名词，表示一种行为或心态，不能直接放在 feel 后作表语；表示“感到一种幸灾乐祸”要用 a sense of gloating 这样的名词短语。
grammar · medium
易错句子His gloating for my failure annoyed me.
正确表达His gloating over my failure annoyed me.
“gloating”作名词时搭配介词 over（或 about），不接 for；over my failure 表示“对我的失败幸灾乐祸”，for 不能表示这个对象。
grammar · medium
易错句子His gloating over my failures are unbearable.
正确表达His gloating over my failures is unbearable.
主语中心词是单数名词 gloating，over my failures 只是介词短语，不改变主语的数；因此谓语要用 is，不用 are。
schadenfreude 指内心那种看到别人倒霉而产生的快感，是德语借词，多作不可数名词，偏书面语；gloating 指把这种快意外露出来的言行，是可数名词，常见搭配 gloating over/about sth。
smugness 只强调对自身境况的自我满足，不涉及别人是否倒霉；gloating 的核心是别人遭殃而自己得意，通常带恶意。
boasting 夸耀的对象是自己的成就或优点；gloating 的得意来自他人的失败或不幸，两者只在中文“得意”这一层上重叠。
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