| 单词 | gratify |
| 释义 | gratify (once / 212 pages) v To gratify is to give satisfaction. So if you've managed to get straight A's in school, what you did was gratify your parents — and it probably felt pretty gratifying to you too. There's a strange taint to the word gratify. Sure, it means to do one's best to please, like the little straight-A student that you are, but there's also a hint of indulgence about the word. How often have you heard the phrase "gratify one's desires" used disapprovingly? Slightly hoggish, a bit self-indulgent, that's gratify for you. WORD FAMILYgratify: gratification, gratified, gratifies, gratifying+/gratification: gratifications, self-gratification/gratified: gratifiedly, ungratified/gratifying: gratifyingly, ungratifying USAGE EXAMPLESThe menu: A short selection of sandwiches, soups and salads, plus a gratifying vegetable hash that becomes outstanding with the $2.50 addition of house-made sausage. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) But why speculate about the future when the present is so unfamiliarly gratifying? New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) So one of the most gratifying qualities of “Hidden Figures” is how it bursts onto the screen like a shot of distilled, exhilarating joy. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1v make happy or satisfied Syn|Ant|Hypo satisfy dissatisfy fail to satisfy delight, please give pleasure to or be pleasing to pleasegive satisfaction contentmake content endearmake attractive or lovable delight, enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transporthold spellbound 2v yield (to); give satisfaction to Syn|Hypo|Hyper indulge, pander humor, humour put into a good mood spreeengage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping sow one's oats, sow one's wild oatslive promiscuously and self-indulgently cater, ply, provide, supply give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance |
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