gratify

• vt. 使满足；使满意，使高兴

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.

1. make happy or satisfied

2. yield (to); give satisfaction to

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" (see grace (n.)) + root of facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious). Meaning "to give pleasure to" is from 1560s. Related: Gratified; gratifying.

Religious associations began, for example, in the desire to secure the favor of overruling powers and to ward off evil influences; family life in the desire to gratify appetites and secure family perpetuity; systematic labor, for the most part, because of enslavement to others, etc.

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He did that to gratify his girlfriend's vanity.

他做那事是要满足他女友的虚荣心.

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She dilated on the beauty of the park and the Hall to gratify him.

她不断地夸奖园林和府第的美丽,让他高兴.

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It will gratify you to see how much your services are valued.

火星会令你看到自己的服务是多麽有意义的,你会感到满意.

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You have roused my curiosity. And now you must gratify it.

你现在已经激起我的好奇心了, 那现在你别在卖关子了.

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Folly and idleness often contrive to gratify pride at a cheaper rate.

愚蠢和懒散,经常在廉价方面得到自豪的满足.

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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

坚持做正确的事. 这会让一些人满意,让其他人惊奇.

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She only wanted to gratify her own desire for attention.

她只想满足自己引入注目的欲望.

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Never put on false masks to gratify your vanity.

永远不要带着假面具去满足你的虚荣心.

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To gratify my curiosity, do tell me what it be.

为满足我的好奇心, 你一定得告诉我那是什麽.

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Your gratify me very much.

你的好评使我非常高兴.

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Do gratify our curiosity.

你就满足一下我们的好奇心吧.

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He gratify every caprice.

他对每一种异想天开感到满意.

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Dant è s must be crushed to gratify Villefort's ambition.

但他仍不肯让步,在维尔福的野心的重压之下,唐太斯是必须被摧毁的.

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He couldn't gratify his own passion.

他无法满足自己的情欲.

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But IP adderss of weii - formed cannot gratify demand of inflate development in internet.

但合法的IP地址对膨胀式Internet的发展已经不能满足要求.

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