"love of cruelty," 1888, from French sadisme, from the name of Count Donatien A.F. de Sade (1740-1815). Not a marquis, though usually now called one, he was notorious for cruel sexual practices he described in his novels.
实用例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. There's a streak of sadism in his nature.
他本性中有几分施虐倾向。
来自《权威词典》
3. Psychoanalysts tend to regard both sadism and masochism as arising from childhood deprivation.
精神分析学家往往认为施虐狂和受虐狂都是由于儿时缺乏关爱造成的。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Anti - sadism, to the American mind, has no link to anarchism.