gratify

• vt. 使滿足；使滿意，使高興

來自grace, 恩惠，眷顧，神恩。原為宗教用語，指神對人的愉悅，高興，恩寵，同時，也可理解為神對人的致意，感謝（人的善行）。後詞義通用化。詞源同grateful, congratulation.

gratify (v.)

c. 1400, "to bestow grace upon;" 1530s, "to show gratitude to," from Latin gratificari "to do favor to, oblige, gratify," from gratus "pleasing" (see grace (n.)) + root of facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious). Meaning "to give pleasure to" is from 1560s. Related: Gratified; gratifying.

1. He did that to gratify his girlfriend's vanity.

他做那事是要滿足他女友的虛榮心.

來自辭典例句

2. I do not think that young and amiable poets are bound to gratify its taste.

我認為和善的青年詩人沒有義務滿足它的胃口.

來自辭典例句

3. She dilated on the beauty of the park and the Hall to gratify him.

她不斷地誇獎園林和府第的美麗,讓他高興.

來自辭典例句

4. It will gratify you to see how much your services are valued.

火星會令你看到自己的服務是多麽有意義的,你會感到滿意.

來自互聯網

5. You have roused my curiosity. And now you must gratify it.

你現在已經激起我的好奇心了, 那現在你別在賣關子了.

來自互聯網