gratify
发音
英 [ˈɡrætɪfaɪ]
美 [ˈɡrætɪfaɪ]
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- vt.
- 使高兴
- 使满意
单词词源
gratify 使高兴，使满意
来自grace, 恩惠，眷顾，神恩。原为宗教用语，指神对人的愉悦，高兴，恩宠，同时，也可理解为神对人的致意，感谢（人的善行）。后词义通用化。词源同grateful, congratulation.
反义词
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双语例句
- 1. Popular cameras back then were rarely good enough to gratify any aesthetic pretensions .
- 傻瓜相机几乎很难足够好地满足照片的任何美学需求。
- 2. The recipe for great work is : very exacting taste , plus the ability to gratify it .
- 伟大作品的配方是：非常苛刻的品味，加上能够满足它的能力。
- 3. In consumer culture , we are constantly conditioned to gratify our impulses immediately : buy , eat , watch , click - now .
- 在消费文化中，我们不断地被训练去立即满足我们的冲动购物，吃饭，看电影，现在就点击。
- 4. She only wanted to gratify her own desire for attention , grant a few interviews where she would be praised and then return to her room to gorge herself on chocolate .
- 她只想满足自己引人注目的欲望，只同意接受少数几次吹捧她的采访，然后回房大吃巧克力。
- 5. Through the imf and the wto , the us and europe can aim to gratify china 's desire for a bigger leadership role , while binding all countries to firmer rules on currencies and other policies with international spillovers .
- 美国和欧洲可以通过imf和wto，力求满足中国担负更重大领导职责的愿望，同时借助国际影响，用更严格的汇率政策及其它政策来约束所有国家。