gratify
英['gr?t?fa?]
美['gr?t?'fai]
- vt. 使滿足；使滿意，使高興
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?gratifies;過去式:?gratified;過去分詞:?gratified;現在分詞:?gratifying;形容詞:?gratified;
中文詞源
gratify 使高興，使滿意
來自grace, 恩惠，眷顧，神恩。原為宗教用語，指神對人的愉悅，高興，恩寵，同時，也可理解為神對人的致意，感謝（人的善行）。后詞義通用化。詞源同grateful, congratulation.
英文詞源
- gratify (v.)
- c. 1400, "to bestow grace upon;" 1530s, "to show gratitude to," from Latin gratificari "to do favor to, oblige, gratify," from gratus "pleasing" (see grace (n.)) + root of facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious). Meaning "to give pleasure to" is from 1560s. Related: Gratified; gratifying.
雙語例句
- 1. He did that to gratify his girlfriend's vanity.
- 他做那事是要滿足他女友的虛榮心.
來自辭典例句
- 2. I do not think that young and amiable poets are bound to gratify its taste.
- 我認為和善的青年詩人沒有義務滿足它的胃口.
來自辭典例句
- 3. She dilated on the beauty of the park and the Hall to gratify him.
- 她不斷地夸獎園林和府第的美麗,讓他高興.
來自辭典例句
- 4. It will gratify you to see how much your services are valued.
- 火星會令你看到自己的服務是多麼有意義的,你會感到滿意.
來自互聯網
- 5. You have roused my curiosity. And now you must gratify it.
- 你現在已經激起我的好奇心了, 那現在你別在賣關子了.
來自互聯網