satisfy

英 ['s?t?sfa?] 美['s?t?sfa?]

反義詞

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第三人稱單數(shù):?satisfies;過去式:?satisfied;過去分詞:?satisfied;現(xiàn)在分詞:?satisfying;

satisfy 使?jié)M足，使?jié)M意

來自拉丁語 satisfacere,使?jié)M意，使足夠，來自 satis,足夠的，詞源同 satiate,facere,做，制造，詞源同 fact,factory.

satisfy: satisfy: [15] Etymologically, satisfy means ‘make enough’. It comes, via Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere ‘satisfy, content’, a compound verb formed from satis ‘enough’ (a relative of English sad, sated, and saturate, and source of English satiate). The derived noun satisfaction reached English well over a century before the verb, in the specialized ecclesiastical sense ‘performance of penance’.
=> sad, sated, satiate, saturate
satisfy (v.): early 15c., from Middle French satisfier, from Old French satisfaire "pay, repay, make reparation" (14c., Modern French satisfaire), from Latin satisfacere "discharge fully, comply with, make amends," literally "do enough," from satis "enough" (from PIE root *sa- "to satisfy;" see sad) + facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious). Related: Satisfied; satisfying.

1. Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand.: 有一些廉價的商品，但是數(shù)量不足以滿足需求。

2. They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.: 他們去那里純粹是為了滿足其病態(tài)的好奇心。

3. The scandal stories satisfy people's curiosity for a few hours.: 有關丑聞的報道使人們的好奇心在幾個小時內得到滿足。

4. To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.: 為了滿足好奇心，我們去了巴爾的摩。

5. We just can't find enough good second-hand cars to satisfy demand.: 我們實在找不到足夠多的性能良好的二手車，滿足不了需求。