见不得别人好全因自卑心作祟
Doyourubyourhandsingleeifanacquaintancefailstolandtheirdreamjob?Orchucklewhensomeonespillstheircoffeedowntheirwhiteshirt?Ifso,thenitcouldbebecauseyou’vegotlowself-esteem,accordingtoresearchers.
land:弄到；捞到
chuckle：轻笑，窃笑
Enjoyingsomeoneelse’smisfortuneisknownasschadenfreudeandscientistsfromLeidenUniversityintheNetherlandssaythattheloweryourself-esteem,themoreyou’llexperienceit.
schadenfreude:幸灾乐祸
‘Ifsomebodyenjoysthemisfortuneofothers,thenthere’ssomethinginthatmisfortunethatisgoodfortheperson,’saidstudyresearcherWilcoWvanDijk.
VanDijkandhiscolleaguesdrewtheirconclusionsaftertesting70undergraduatesbyaskingthemtoreadtwointerviews,reportsLiveScience.
Thefirstwasaboutanambitiousstudentwhowasaimingtosecureadreamjob.Thesecondwasachatwithhissupervisorwhorevealedthathisacademicsuccesshadbeenextremelypatchyandthathewouldn’tbeofferedtherole.
secure:弄到，获得
patchy:不规则的；分布不均衡的
Thevolunteerswerethengivenvariousstatementsandaskedtowhatdegreetheyagreedwiththem.
Theirresponseswouldmeasuretheirsusceptibilitytoschadenfreude.
susceptibility：敏感性；感情
Thestatementsincluded‘Ienjoy[ed]whathappenedtoMarleen/Mark’and‘Icouldn’tresistalittlesmile.’
Self-esteemlevelshadbeenworkedoutinaseparatetestbeforethisstageoftheexperimentandtheresultsshowthatthosewithalowopinionofthemselveswerehappiestatlearningofthestudent’smisfortune.
Toaddevenmoreveracitytothestudythosewithlowself-esteemweretestedagainafterthey’dbeengivensomeshortandintensepositivethinkingexercises–andtheirschadnfreudelevelsdropped.
veracity:真实性
VanDijktoldLiveScience:‘Ithinkwhenyouhavelowself-esteem,youwilldoalmostanythingtofeelbetter,andwhenyou’reconfrontedwiththemisfortuneofothersyou’llfeelschadenfreude.
本文转载自www.yzbxz.com 一支笔写作网‘Inthisstudy,ifwegivepeoplesomethingtoaffirmtheirself,thenwhatwefoundistheyhavelessschadenfreude-theydon’tneedthemisfortuneofotherstofeelbetteranymore.’
