中英互译
gratify
英 /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/美 /ˈɡrætɪfaɪ/
基本释义
- vt.使高兴,使满意;满足(愿望、需要等)
第三人称单数gratifies
现在分词gratifying
过去式gratified
过去分词gratified
TOEFLGRESAT
词语例句
使高兴,使满意vt.
It gratified him to think that it was all his work.
他想到这都是他的工作成果,感到十分欣慰。
满足(愿望、需要等)vt.
We gratified our friend's curiosity.
我们满足了朋友的好奇心。
- Children normally desire to vent aggressive impulses on other people, including their parents, because even the most attentive parents cannot gratify all of their demands immediately.孩子们通常想要向其他人,包括他们的父母,发泄攻击性的冲动,因为即使是最细心的父母也不能立即满足他们所有的要求。
- He only gave his consent in order to gratify her wishes.他只是为满足她的愿望才同意的。来自《牛津词典》
- Your good marks gratify me very much.你的好评使我非常高兴。
相关短语
- It gratifies sb. to do sth.某人对……感到满意
- gratify one's curiosity满足某人的好奇心
- gratify sb's curiosity满足某人的好奇心
- Gratify every wish满足所有愿望
- gratify a person's whims满足一人的奇想
- gratify sb's curiosity about sth满足某人对某事物的好奇心
- to gratify使高兴
词语扩展
英英释义
- v.make happy or satisfied
- v.yield (to); give satisfaction to
词源
- gratify使高兴,使满意来自grace, 恩惠,眷顾,神恩。原为宗教用语,指神对人的愉悦,高兴,恩宠,同时,也可理解为神对人的致意,感谢(人的善行)。后词义通用化。词源同grateful, congratulation.
- gratify使高兴,使满意词根词缀: -grat-高兴,恩惠 + -i- + -fy动词词尾
- gratifyFrom French gratifier, from Latin gratificare (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from gratus (“kind, pleasing”) + facere (“to make”).