Satisfaction
[sætɪs'fækʃ(ə)n] or [,sætɪs'fækʃən]
解释:
(noun.) act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; 'the satisfaction of their demand for better services'.
(noun.) the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation; 'the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction'.
(noun.) (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation; 'the full and final satisfaction of the claim'.
埃尔希编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of satisfying, or the state of being satisfied; gratification of desire; contentment in possession and enjoyment; repose of mind resulting from compliance with its desires or demands.
(n.) Settlement of a claim, due, or demand; payment; indemnification; adequate compensation.
(n.) That which satisfies or gratifies; atonement.
塞西莉整理
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Gratification.[2]. Contentment, content, enjoyment, ease, comfort.[3]. Compensation, amends, requital, remuneration, indemnification, reparation, atonement, recompense.[4]. Discharge, payment.
汉弗莱手打
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Contentment, content, complacency, pleasure, recompense, compensation, amends,remuneration, indemnification, atonement
ANT:Discontent, grievance, dissatisfaction, pain, vexation, annoyance, injury,wrong, fraud, robbery, obligation, demand, claim, damnification, transgression,offence
录入:泽维尔
例句:
- His satisfaction was not removed by Rebecca's own statements, behaviour, and conversation. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- He was again put on night duty, much to his satisfaction. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The promised departure was all that Fanny could think of with much satisfaction. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- This simple Experiment at once proved the effect of the Bomb Submarine to the satisfaction of all the Spectators. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- My Dear: I write a little word to tell you with how much satisfaction I watch your efforts to control your temper. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- If our great view is upon those of the next, the expectation of them is an infinitely higher satisfaction than the enjoyment of those of the present. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- If it was cheap ugliness, I'd say nothing, but it costs as much as the other, and I don't get any satisfaction out of it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I'd rather you wouldn't, said Meg, taking a naughty satisfaction in trying her lover's patience and her own power. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- His father had never conferred a favour or shewn a kindness more to his satisfaction. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- And I hope that he may find it--Mr. Bucket again looks grave--to his satisfaction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- When all this was done to the magistrate's satisfaction, the magistrate and Mr. Jinks consulted in whispers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He didn't know what satisfaction _he_ could give any gentleman, respecting that family. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It would have been a troublesome job and no satisfaction. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- This remark he offers like a most respectable tradesman anxious to execute an order neatly and to the perfect satisfaction of his customer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- And food and wisdom are the corresponding satisfactions of either? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The task of politics is to understand those deeper demands and to find civilized satisfactions for them. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Hitherto I have known few pleasures save of the severer kind: my satisfactions have been those of the solitary student. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He must give a tug still--all the stronger because other satisfactions were going. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- And the morning wore away in satisfactions very sweet, if not very sound. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Both see that there are good and bad satisfactions of the same impulse. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- But it is a great mistake to regard these values as ultimate ends to which the concrete satisfactions of experience are subordinate. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
埃斯蒂斯整理