schadenfreude
schadenfreude — 名詞
1. pleasure that you secretly or openly feel when bad luck, failure, or embarrassme
幸災樂禍
看到別人倒楣時產生的愉悅感
pleasure that you secretly or openly feel when bad luck, failure, or embarrassment strikes a person you envy or dislike
Naoko felt a secret sense of schadenfreude when her arrogant colleague lost the promotion.
Naoko 看到傲慢的同事沒獲得升遷，心裡暗自感到一陣幸災樂禍。
uncountable noun: 'a sense of schadenfreude'
Kevin felt schadenfreude watching his rival trip over a microphone cord on stage.
Kevin 看到對手在台上被麥克風線絆倒，心裡一陣幸災樂禍。
possessive determiner: 'his schadenfreude'
Social media feeds fill with schadenfreude whenever a famous person faces a public scandal.
每當名人爆出醜聞，社群媒體上就充滿了各種幸災樂禍的言論。
Lakshmi quietly admitted her schadenfreude when the rude customer was asked to leave.
那個奧客被請出去時，Lakshmi 小聲承認自己挺幸災樂禍的。
There is something unpleasant about the schadenfreude people feel toward a disgraced celebrity.
人們對失勢的名人流露出的那種幸災樂禍，其實不太光彩。
- gloating
Gloating emphasises the outward, visible expression of pleasure (smiling, boasting), whereas schadenfreude can be a private, unexpressed feeling.
- malicious joy
A more direct and openly negative phrase; schadenfreude is a neutral, analytical term borrowed from German.
- compassion
Compassion means feeling concern for someone's suffering; schadenfreude is the opposite — taking pleasure in it.
- sympathy
Sympathy shares its focus on others' misfortune but responds with sadness or concern rather than pleasure.
用法筆記
Uncountable noun in standard English — it cannot be pluralised (*schadenfreudes). Borrowed from German (Schaden 'harm' + Freude 'joy'); it entered English in the 19th century and retains a slightly formal or literary tone. Common in the construction feel / experience / express + schadenfreude.