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gratify

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vt.使满足

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gratify为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

副词:gratifyingly 形容词:gratifying 名词:gratifier 动词过去式:gratified 过去分词:gratified 现在分词:gratifying 第三人称单数:gratifies

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grat=to please(喜好)

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please  satisfy  deplore    

gratify


/'grætɪfaɪ; `ˇrætə,faɪ/
v (pt, pp -fied) (fml 文)
1 [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态] give pleasure or satisfaction to (sb) 使(某人)高兴或满意
*I was most gratified at/by/with the outcome of the meeting. 我对会议的结果感到极其满意.
* It gratified me to hear of your success. 获悉你取得成功我甚感欣慰.
* I was gratified that they appreciated what I did for them. 使我感到欣慰的是, 我为他们做的事他们很领情.
2 [Tn] give (sb) what is desired; indulge 满足(某人)所欲; 纵容
*gratify a person's whims 满足一人的奇想
* To gratify my curiosity, do tell me what it is. 为满足我的好奇心, 你一定得告诉我那是什么.

gratify


v past tense and past participlegratifiedpresent participlegratifyingthird person singulargratifies [T]formal

[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: gratifier, from Latin gratificare 'to make yourself pleasing', from gratus; GRATEFUL]
[usually passive]
to make someone feel pleased and satisfied
 He was gratified by Lucy's response.
be gratified to see/hear/learn etc
 John was gratified to see the improvement in his mother's health since she had come home.
to satisfy a desire, need etc
 She did not propose to gratify Gloria's curiosity any further.
>gratification [,grætɪfɪ'keɪʃən/
1. He gratify every caprice.
    他对每一种异想天开感到满意.

2. Who can gratify every caprice and lay their hands on almost every object of desire----for them a new pleasure, a new excitement is only an additional satiation.
    他们能够恣意妄为,能染指一切追求的目标。对这种人来说,多一种新的乐趣、多一种新的刺激只是增加一分厌腻而已。

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