| 单词 | satisfaction |
| 释义 | sat·is·fac·tion 1. a. < the good works required of penitent sinners in satisfaction for their offenses — K.S.Latourette > b. < the voluntary death of Christ … accomplished this satisfaction — Encyc. Americana > — compare atonement 2 2. a. < if for this night he entreat you to his bed, give him promise of satisfaction — Shakespeare > < primitive art quicky flowers into full satisfaction of some aesthetic craving — A.N.Whitehead > < when the cause of the arthritis can be definitely determined … the condition can be treated with much more satisfaction — Morris Fishbein > b. < satisfaction in able work accomplished and recognized — Johnson O'Connor > < derive a melancholy satisfaction from the conviction that they are on the losing side — Elmer Davis > < the satisfaction derived from a sense of sharing in creative activities — John Dewey > c. < children … found it a novelty and a satisfaction to work on the soil — Martha Sharp > < journeyed to Kentucky … to pay off his debts, an action that gave him one of the greatest satisfactions of his life — W.J.Ghent > 3. a. (1) < promised to have the fellows punished, and satisfaction to be made — Daniel Defoe > (2) obsolete < operation of writing, for which it directed the scribe to receive a satisfaction — William Blackstone > (3) < if … you wil give me your card, I will see that you shall shortly have the satisfaction you require — Thomas Medwin > b. (1) < satisfaction of a mortgage > (2) c. < satisfaction of the foreign language distribution requirement — College of William & Mary Cat. > 4. a. < the charge must be proved to the satisfaction of the court > < for your private satisfaction … I will let you know — Shakespeare > < this investigation was a legitimate satisfaction of congressional curiosity — Brian Gilbert > b. obsolete < I doubt not but to give you satisfaction that I am not worthy of this wrong — Itinerary > |
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