masochism
/ˈmæsəʊkɪzəm/noun
mass noun
1- the tendency to derive pleasure, especially sexual gratification, from one's own pain or humiliation受虐狂, 性受虐狂; 自虐倾向。
1.1
- (in general use) the enjoyment of what appears to be painful or tiresome以苦为乐：
isn't there some masochism involved in taking on this kind of project?
接受这种工程岂不是有点以苦为乐的意味？
派生词
masochist
nounmasochistic
adjectivemasochistically
adverb词源
late 19th cent.: named after Leopold von Sacher-Masoch （1835 -95）, the Austrian novelist who described it, + -ISM.