单词 | satisfying |
释义 | satisfyingn. The action of satisfy v. (in various senses); satisfaction; spec. (esp. in later use) the action of fulfilling a desire, expectation, etc., or of meeting a need; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > action of contenting or satisfying agreementa1513 contentation?1520 satisfying1534 1534 W. Marshall tr. Erasmus Playne & Godly Expos. Commune Crede ii. f. 19 In this worlde..is there in it neither perfyghte puryte and clennes, neither full saturyte and satisfyeng of mannes mynde. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cvij They oughte of necessitie to aunswere to this poinct, for the satisfiynge as well of his father as his fellowes. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. 264 Now the Commons were more pliable and tractable, by reason of the fresh benefit received, in the easement and satisfying of their debts. 1647 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 215 For the satisfying of their lusts. 1713 Rep. Commissioners to Enquire of Estates Certain Traitors 36 What remained after satisfying of the Debts. 1795 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1886) II. 270 The satisfying of their own minds as to the cause of such appearances. 1869 A. D. Whitney Hitherto xii. 158 In the great, full world of powers, and knowledges, and possible joys and satisfyings. 1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Aug. 422/1 Such an authority would take a broader view than the mere satisfying of a demand for some ten or twenty years. 1962 S. Zink Concepts of Ethics ii. 71 The object is desired as being something other than merely the satisfying of the desire. 2012 M. Rhonheimer in M. Schlag & J. A. Mercado Free Markets & Culture of Common Good i. 19 The goal..is, the satisfying of the needs of all the persons living in a determinate territory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). satisfyingadj. That satisfies someone or something (in various senses of satisfy v.); spec. that provides fulfilment or contentment, or the pleasure associated with these. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective] > contenting or satisfying payinga1500 satisfying1536 contentful1542 contenting1548 contentive1593 well-contenting1605 satiating1611 filling1626 contentsome1632 comfortable1769 1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Apol. sig. M.iiijv in Confessyon Fayth Germaynes They be works satisfieng, if not for the offence or synne, yet at least for the payne or punyshement of synne. 1600 Heroicall Aduentures Knight of Sea xvii. 169 The worthy and vertuous Princesse..receiued this satisfying answere from Obiocles. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. i. 9 He has giuen me satisfying reasons. View more context for this quotation 1725 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 232 It's satisfying to me to find him so warm and earnest for our Redeemer's Proper and Supreme Deity. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. v, in Wks. (1851) II. 46 A satisfying answer was given to the regent's demands. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. 159 That satisfying entireness, that complete adequateness of the manner to the matter which so charms us in Anacreon. 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. v. 89 Daniel had taken his pipe out..and was preparing to diversify his remarks with satisfying interludes of puffing. 1900 P. C. Simpson Fact of Christ v. 184 Any true or satisfying view of life must take account of death. 1959 Listener 8 Oct. 599/2 Another tasty and satisfying dish is Devonshire pie. 2009 New Yorker 11 May 113/1 The story's underdog structure is satisfying in a happy-cliché sort of way. Derivatives ˈsatisfyingness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [noun] > quality of contenting or satisfying satisfactoriness1642 contentfulness1665 satisfyingness1674 1674 J. Howe Treat. Delighting in God i. 44 Concerning this likeness, and the satisfyingness of it, in its perfect state. 1856 F. W. Faber Creator & Creature (1858) iii. i. 332 There is also a satisfyingness about it [sc. the sense of pardon], which seldom accompanies other joys. 1933 Jrnl. Educ. Res. 27 38 We select associates according to the satisfyingness of our contacts, and according to the pleasure we obtain through our associates. 2002 J. McGregor If Nobody speaks of Remarkable Things (2003) 212 She feels the satisfyingness of things like a physical sensation through her body, as if her breathing was the slow bowing of a cello. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1534adj.1536 |
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