Word · Frequency #23919
sadists
虐待狂者；施虐狂
sadists is the plural of sadist.
a person who enjoys inflicting pain on others
- 1.
One who derives pleasure through cruelty or pain to others.
以残忍或他人痛苦为乐的人。
- 2.
someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others
从施加痛苦中获得快感的人
以残忍或他人痛苦为乐的人。；从施加痛苦中获得快感的人；虐待狂者；[法] 性虐待狂者；虐待狂者
In use
The villain in the movie is a sadist who enjoys seeing his enemies suffer.
She called her boss a sadist after he made the whole team work through the weekend.
Only a sadist would take pleasure in watching someone trip and fall.
be a sadist
sadist 为可数名词，指以施加痛苦为乐的人；这里作表语。
He is a sadist.
他是个虐待狂者。
call sb a sadist
call 后接宾语和名词作宾语补足语，表示“称某人为……”。
They called the general a sadist.
他们称那位将军为虐待狂者。
Common mistakes
He is sadist.He is a sadist.
sadist 是可数名词，指‘虐待狂者’，单数形式作表语时前面必须有冠词 a/an。中文没有冠词，所以学习者容易漏掉；加上 a 才符合英语可数名词单数的规则。
Connections
Collocations
- sexual sadist
- 性施虐狂者
- The police identified him as a sexual sadist.警方认定他是一名性施虐狂者。
- a sadist at heart
- 骨子里的虐待狂；本性施虐的人
- He seems gentle, but he is a sadist at heart.他看起来很温和，但骨子里是个虐待狂。
- sadist and masochist
- 施虐狂与受虐狂
- The novel explores the relationship between a sadist and a masochist.这部小说探讨了一个施虐狂与一个受虐狂之间的关系。
- self-confessed sadist
- 自称的虐待狂者
- In his memoir, he described himself as a self-confessed sadist.他在回忆录中称自己为自认的虐待狂者。
Pop culture & quotes
- A sadist is a person who is kind to a masochist.
- 虐待狂就是对受虐狂好的人。This old joke defines a sadist as someone who is kind to a masochist.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想发音‘say-dust’：施虐狂把人打倒，冷冷说‘you are dust（你是尘土）’，从中取乐。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：心理学或医学文本、法律与犯罪语境、日常对话（贬义） 该词为中性词，正式与口语场合均可用；常出现在心理学、法律等书面语境，口语中多含贬义。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见单词与 sadist 的读音 /ˈseɪdəst/ 押韵。下列 -ist 结尾的词拼写相似，但末尾读 /ɪst/，与 sadist 的 /əst/ 不同，注意不要看拼写推测读音。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.