“幸灾乐祸”大家都知道，但它对应的英文你可能就不会了~

　　Schadenfreude /ɑdnfrd/

　　幸灾乐祸

　　那么“幸灾乐祸”到底是怎么回事呢?让我们用英文聊一聊~

　　如果你有个朋友弯下腰去捡东西，突然他的裤子崩开了。你是什么反应?

　　What if one of your friends bends over to pick something off the ground and his pants split? How would you react?

　　如果某天有人告诉你，出轨你的前任现在被出轨了，你是什么感受?

　　What about this? One day someone told you that your ex, who had been cheating on you, got cheated on. How would you feel?

　　或者，你的直接商业竞争对手刚刚申请破产了。

　　Or maybe, your direct competition in business just declared bankruptcy.

　　如果以上任何一种情况会让你高兴，这就是幸灾乐祸。“Schadenfreude”是个德语词。意思是建立在别人痛苦上的快乐。

　　Well, if any of those situations would bring you joy then you would feel schadenfreude. Schadenfreude is a borrowed word from German. It means the enjoyment or pleasure felt from other people’s misfortune.

　　比如你可以说：“老板被炒的时候我有点幸灾乐祸。”

　　You can say for example: “I was filled with schadenfreude when my boss was fired.”

　　记好这个词：Schadenfreude /ɑdnfrd/ 幸灾乐祸，以后可以装一波了有没有~