| 单词 | satisfy |
| 释义 | sat·is·fy transitive verb 1. a. < the property would be insufficient to satisfy … the lien — G.A.Parks > < helpless to … defend a suit because he has no money to satisfy court fees — J.M.Maguire > b. < had to sell land … to satisfy his creditors — T.J.Wertenbaker > c. obsolete < not a compositor's duty; especially where he has no expectation of being satisfied for it — Philip Luckombe > 2. a. obsolete b. (1) (2) < conclude a treaty to satisfy Indians deprived of their hereditary lands > 3. a. < in the position of having to satisfy teachers and critics — R.M.Weaver > < farmers … were satisfied with the administration's flexible farm support program — Wall Street Journal > < a picture, in whatever degree it be realistic or nonrealistic, should … satisfy the eye — C.W.H.Johnson > b. < satisfied his omnivorous appetite for reading in the village library — A.C.Cole > < the men in the capital … do their utmost to gauge and to satisfy the desires of the nation — Lester Markel > 4. a. < took me a long time to satisfy them … that my engagements prevented me from presiding — O.S.J.Gogarty > < not satisfied that I have penetrated this allegory — Paul Pickrel > b. < many a world-renowned lecturer came up the Mississippi … to satisfy his curiosity — American Guide Series: Minnesota > c. < a question or two in the unquiet heads which nothing can ever satisfy — W.L.Sullivan > < cloying repetitions that do not satisfy the romantic illusion he has created — I.L.Salomon > 5. a. < if a consignment does not satisfy all the conditions … it is graded down — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa) > < able … to satisfy the demands of a moral, Victorian society — Ruth R. Chapman > < an explanation which might satisfy these statements and be true to the evidence — H.Lovegrove > b. < courses … taken to satisfy the distribution requirements — Official Register of Harvard University > c. d. < the first American foundation which satisfies the definition — F.E.Andrews > < a social regime can come into enduring existence only as it satisfies some elements of human nature not previously afforded expression — John Dewey > 6. < to satisfy valences > intransitive verb 1. archaic 2. < where the play seems not to satisfy is in the full release of emotions — Leslie Rees > Synonyms: < satisfy curiosity > < satisfy an appetite > < satisfy the desire for power — W.G.Walter > < the needs which such an effort purports to satisfy — Abram Kardiner > content usually implies gratification of a desire or longing to the point where one is not disquieted or disturbed even though every wish is not fully realized < must content myself with adducing some fresh evidence on the subject — J.G.Frazer > < contented with the same food, clothing and lodging which satisfied them in former times — Adam Smith > Synonyms: < went a long way toward satisfying the long-standing claims of his critics — Time > < a culture which will satisfy our needs — J.B.Conant > < finding the way to satisfy her demands — A.S.Igleheart > fulfill, when it is not interchangeable with satisfy, may connote more abundance or richness of qualification < fulfill the requirement for graduation > < fulfill his greatest need > < fulfill all conditions imposed upon a candidate for office > meet implies an exactness of agreement between a requirement and what is submitted to fill it < the instruments met all the criteria with above-average ratings — Helen Vodicka > < the student has not met all financial obligations to the University — Loyola University Bulletin > < the provisions were sufficiently flexible to meet the needs of men with very large families — R.A.Billington > answer usually though not necessarily implies the simple satisfaction of a demand, need, or purpose often in a temporary or expedient manner and may imply some falling short in completeness or fullness of qualification < answer a need > < though a sharp knife should be used, a dull one will answer the purpose > < answer in some way the demands of a growing child for good counseling > Synonym: see in addition pay. |
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