词汇释义
gratify TEM8 IELTS GRE
UK /ˈɡræt.ɪ.faɪ/ US /ˈɡræt̬.ə.faɪ/
1. verb, (formal) If you are gratified by something, it gives you pleasure or satisfaction. 使高兴，令人满意
2. verb, (formal) If you gratify your own or another person's desire, you do what is necessary to please yourself or them. 满足（愿望等）
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外刊例句
1. Some were gratified to see that the hiring process no longer involved the awkward song and dance of negotiating people’s pay.(New York Times)
2. Noah Bookbinder, president of CREW, said in a statement Tuesday that “it is gratifying to see real consequences for outrageous misconduct.”(Washington Post)
3. “I’m gratified by our progress, steadily delivering against the commitments we’ve made to our shareholders on our path to profitability.”(New York Times)
4.“It is gratifying to see another month of growth in Atlantic City,” said James Plousis, chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission.(Seattle Times)
5. “We are gratified that the reforms in this agreement and those undertaken following the initiation of our lawsuit will protect Wynn resorts employees and shareholders against future harm,” he said Wednesday.(Seattle Times)
6. “It’s been gratifying to see the sheer volume of people to speak up,” said Kellen.(Reuters)
7. We are gratified with 10.5% year-over-year growth of our “digital advertising agency” and broad array of new digital advertising and branding options.(Seattle Times)
8. “We are gratified by this additional investment from Alex and Aaron, and even prouder that our new youth helmet is in such high demand.”(Seattle Times)
9. Scott-Railton said the elaborate, multinational operation was gratifying, in a way.(Seattle Times)
10. The pause also is likely to gratify the Trump administration, which campaigned insistently and publicly for the Fed to stop raising interest rates.(New York Times)
11. “We are gratified to see our recommendations for strategic focus, whole of government coordination, and enhanced accountability feature prominently,” AIA’s CEO Eric Fanning said in a statement.(Reuters)
12. Mr. Cumenal said he is gratified that strategies set in motion under his tenure are working.(Wall Street Journal)
词汇搭配
gratify desire
词汇家族
gratefully, gratifyingly, gratefulness, gratification, gratifier, gratify, gratifying, grateful
词汇来源
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.
近义词
delight, please, gladden, satisfy, thrill, content, rejoice, enchant
反义词
displease, anger, annoy, depress, disappoint, disquiet, disturb, fluster, hurt, ignore, intimidate, neglect, offend, pain, upset, incense, exasperate, aggravate, irritate, gall, dissatisfy, infuriate, nettle, madden, insult, dismay, mortify
