gratify
gratify 英 [ˈgrætɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈɡrætəˌfaɪ]
vt. 使满足；使满意，使高兴
进行时:gratifying 过去式:gratified 过去分词:gratified 第三人称单数:gratifies
- To gratify is to give satisfaction. So if you've managed to get straight A's in school, what you did was gratify your parents — and it probably felt pretty gratifying to you too.
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- vt. 使满足；使满意，使高兴
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1. The recipe for great work is: very exacting taste, plus the ability to gratify it.
伟大作品的秘决是: 非常准确的鉴赏力加上能使它满足的能力.
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2. Parents didn’t feel they had to sacrifice their own convenience and comfort to gratify the desires of their children.
父母们没有觉得是他们牺牲了自己的便利和舒适来满足孩子的要求。
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3. We will walk together; perhaps you may recognise some part; and as everybody ought to be paid for their trouble, there is another piece of gold for you; gratify me in what I ask you.
我们一起走；可能你能够记得一些；每个人解决他们面临的为难事都应该获得报酬，这里是给你的另一块金子；满足我按我说的做吧。
- 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" (from suffixed form of PIE root *gwere- (2) "to favor") + combining form of facere "to make, do, perform" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Meaning "to give pleasure to" is from 1560s. Related: Gratified; gratifying.
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