gratify
英 ['grætɪfaɪ] 美 ['grætə'fai]
- vt. 使滿足;使滿意,使高興
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
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,*也可理解為神對人的致意,感謝(人的善行)。後詞義通用化。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.
- 她不斷地誇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麽有意義的,你會感到滿意.
來自互聯網
- 5. You have roused my curiosesity. 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