| 单词 | satisfy |
| 释义 | satisfy verbverb + satisfy➤have to, must, should不得不／必须／应该满足◆the education system must satisfy the needs of all children.教育体制必须满足所有孩子的需要。➤be able to, can能够／可以满足◆nothing could satisfy his desire for power.没有任何东西能满足他对权力的欲望。◆we could never satisfy all their requests.我们永远满足不了他们的所有要求。➤be unable to不能够满足◆the owners were unable to satisfy all the demands of the workers.老板未能满足工人的所有要求。➤seem to似乎令⋯满意◆his answer seemed to satisfy her.他的回答似乎令她满意。➤be enough to, be sufficient to足以令⋯满足◆her description of events was not enough to satisfy the court.她对事件经过的叙述不能让法庭信服。➤fail to未能满足◆the meal failed to satisfy his hunger.这顿饭他没吃饱。satisfy [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时) (rather formal) to show or prove to sb that sth is true向⋯证实；使确信◆her explanation didn't satisfy the teacher.她的解释没有让老师信服。◆first people need to be satisfied of the need for a new system.首先需要使人们明白建立一个新体系的必要性。 ➡ see also satisfied → sure adj. satisfy [transitive] (rather formal) to provide what is wanted, needed, or asked for; to be as good as what is wanted or needed满足（要求、需要等）；符合，达到（要求）◆it seemed that no amount of information would satisfy their curiosity.无论多少信息似乎也满足不了他们的好奇心。◆our hunger satisfied, we continued our journey.我们吃饱后又上路了。◆she failed to satisfy all the requirements for entry to the college.她没有达到进入那所学院的全部要求。satisfy [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses; often used in negative sentences不用于进行时；常用于否定句) to please sb by doing or giving them what they want使满意；使满足◆nothing satisfies him－he's always complaining.什么都难让他满意 － 他老是在抱怨。◆the proposed plan will not satisfy everyone.拟议中的计划不会让所有人都满意。 ➡ see also satisfied → happy , satisfying → satisfying note 辨析 please or satisfy? please is often a stronger and more positive word than satisfy. something that satisfies you is just good enough, but sth might please you very much. * please 常表达比 satisfy 更强、更正面的含义。satisfy 表示足够好，但是 please 可以表示非常令人满意◆the result pleased us enormously.结果让我们喜出望外。◆the result satisfied us enormously. both words can be used in negative sentences to say that sth is not good enough.这两个词都可用于否定句，表示不够好◆the planning policy failed to please / satisfy anyone.规划政策未能让任何人满意。satisfy/ˈsætɪsfaɪ ||; ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ/verb [t] (present participle satisfying third person singular present satisfies;past tense past participle satisfied) 1. to make sb pleased by doing or giving him/her what he/she wants 使满意；使满足: ◇nothing satisfies him -- he's always complaining. 他对什么也不满意，总是牢骚满腹。 2. to have or do what is necessary for sth 达到，符合，满足（要求或规定）: ◇make sure you satisfy the entry requirementsbefore you apply to the university. 申请上大学之前，要确定自己是不是符合上大学的要求。◇i had a quick look inside the parcel just to satisfy my curiosity. 只是为了满足好奇心，我朝包裹里面飞快地看了一眼。 3. satisfy sb (that...) to show or give proof to sb that sth is true or has been done 向（某人）表示，证明（某事属实或已完成）: ◇once the police were satisfied that they were telling the truth, they were allowed to go. 警方相信他们说的都是真话后，便让他们离去。 satisfysee ⇨ persuade 4 ⇨ satisfied/not satisfied 5 sat·is·fy /`sætɪsˏfaɪ; ˈsætɪsfaɪ/v [t] 1. to make someone happy by providing what they want or need 使满意:◇she doesn't feel she works hard enough to satisfy her boss. 她感到自己的努力还不够使老板满意。 2. to provide someone with enough information to show that something is true or has been done correctly 说服，使信服，使确信:◇satisfy sb that the evidence isn't enough to satisfy us that he's innocent. 这些证据不足以使我们信服他是清白的。 3. to have achieved a high enough standard 符合，达到［标准］:◇i'm afraid you haven't satisfied the college entrance requirements. 很抱歉，恐怕你未能符合大学的录取要求。 |
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