OK, so Wilco Van Dijk's studies found we get joy when someone's misfortune is deserved, there is justice, in other words, the punishment someone receives is fair.
好的,所以Wilco Van Dijk的研究发现我们会在某人的不有应得的情况下感到高兴,这里有正义的成分,换句话说,某人受到的惩罚公平的。
When a thief was caught on the premises of a large jewellery store one morning, the shop assistants must have found it impossible to resist the temptation to say 'it serves him right.'