| 单词 | satiable |
| 释义 | satiable (once / 2215 pages) adj If you're satiable, you are capable of feeling full or satisfied. An easily satiable dinner guest might eat one serving of lasagna, pat his stomach, and say, "Ah, that was delicious." A person who is satiable can be sated or satisfied — for some reason, though, it's much more common to see the word insatiable, which has the opposite meaning. If you're insatiable, you can never be satisfied, no matter how much you have. Both words come from the verb satiate, "satisfy to to full," from the Latin root satis, "enough." WORD FAMILYsatiable: insatiable, unsatiable+/insatiable: insatiably/insatiate: insatiately/satiate: insatiate, satiable, satiated, satiates, satiating, satiation/satiated: unsatiated/satiation: satiations/unsatiable: unsatiably USAGE EXAMPLESConsequently, his daughters all seem to have grown into satiable, well-balanced people rather than success addicts. The Guardian(Feb 27, 2016) In general, however, commodities which minister to easily satiable wants are ill-adapted for money. Anderson, Benjamin M., The Value of Money(2011) And he lived in Africa, and he filled all Africa with his 'satiable curtiosities. Kipling, Rudyard, Just So Stories(2010) adj capable of being sated a satiable thirst a satiable appetite Syn satisfiable satiate, satiated supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction |
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