gratify 详细解释

gratify

['grætifai]

v. 使满足, 使高兴
v. 酬劳, 回报

vt.

1. 使高兴, 使满意[H][(+at/with)][+to-v]

He was gratified by his son's success.

他对儿子的成功感到欣慰。

2. 满足(欲望等)

Do gratify our curiosity.

你就满足一下我们的好奇心吧。

词形变化

形容词: gratifying | 副词: gratifyingly | 名词: gratifier | 动词过去式: gratified | 动词过去分词: gratified | 动词现在分词: gratifying | 动词第三人称单数: gratifies |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.使满意; 使高兴

satisfy  please  

同义参见:

suffice  pleasure  oblige  content  delight  indulge  

反义:

vt.使高兴; 使满意

deplore  

反义参见:

annoy  envy  

英英释义

动词 gratify:

make happy or satisfied

同义词:satisfy

yield (to); give satisfaction to

同义词:pander, indulge

补充

gratifygratify英:[ˈɡrætifai] 美:[ˈɡrætəˌfaɪ]vt.1.使高兴; 使满意It gratified me to know that she would soon be well again.得知她将很快就恢复健康, 使我十分高兴。We were gratified to learn that you had passed the examination.获悉你已通过考试我们很高兴。

例句

1. Was she merely gratifying her own appetite?她仅仅是在放纵自己的欲望吗? 2. We gratified our friend's curiosity.我们满足了朋友的好奇心。 3. Every whim will be gratified.每个突发奇想都会得到满足。 4. Your good marks gratify me very much.你的好评使我非常高兴。 5. Now she has a job in France she can gratify her wish to see Europe.现在她有了个在法国工作的机会,她就可满足她游览欧洲的愿望。 6. I was gratified to see the coverage in May's issue.我看到5月份那一期的报道觉得很满意。 7. [as adj. gratifying]the results were gratifying.结果令人满意。 8. not all the sexual impulses can be gratified.并非所有的性冲动都能得到满足。 9. A guilty verdict would gratify the victim's relatives.有罪判决会让受害者亲属满意。 10. It gratifies [=pleases] me to see how well the book is doing.看到这本书的销量不错,我感到很开心。 11. He's gratified by the response he's been getting.他对得到的回应感到满意。 12. He's only concerned with gratifying his own desires.他只在乎满足自己的欲望。 13. gratify a whim满足一时冲动的念头 14. I'll be happy to gratify [=satisfy] your curiosity.我很乐意满足你的好奇心。 15. He's only concerned with selfish gratification of his own desires.他只在乎对自身欲望的自私的满足。 16. Her life now offers few gratifications. [=few sources of satisfaction or pleasure]她现在的生活几乎没有什么欣慰之事。 17. He's very/highly gratified that his students have done so well.学生们表现出色,他很高兴。 18. She was gratified to see her ideas become so widely accepted.她为自己的观点获得广泛认同而感到欣慰。