• vi. 令人滿意；令人滿足
• vt. 滿足；說服，使相信；使?jié)M意，使高興

來自拉丁語(yǔ) satisfacere,使?jié)M意，使足夠，來自 satis,足夠的，詞源同 satiate,facere,做，制造， 詞源同 fact,factory.

satisfy

satisfy: [15] Etymologically, satisfy means ‘make enough’. It comes, via Old French satisfier, from Latin satisfacere ‘satisfy, content’, a compound verb formed from satis ‘enough’ (a relative of English sad, sated, and saturate, and source of English satiate). The derived noun satisfaction reached English well over a century before the verb, in the specialized ecclesiastical sense ‘performance of penance’.
=> sad, sated, satiate, saturate

satisfy (v.)

early 15c., from Middle French satisfier, from Old French satisfaire "pay, repay, make reparation" (14c., Modern French satisfaire), from Latin satisfacere "discharge fully, comply with, make amends," literally "do enough," from satis "enough" (from PIE root *sa- "to satisfy;" see sad) + facere "to make, do, perform" (see factitious). Related: Satisfied; satisfying.

1. Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand.

有一些廉價(jià)的商品，但是數(shù)量不足以滿足需求。

來自柯林斯例句

2. They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.

他們?nèi)ツ抢锛兇馐菫榱藵M足其病態(tài)的好奇心。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The scandal stories satisfy people's curiosity for a few hours.

有關(guān)丑聞的報(bào)道使人們的好奇心在幾個(gè)小時(shí)內(nèi)得到滿足。

來自柯林斯例句

4. To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.

為了滿足好奇心，我們?nèi)チ税蜖柕哪Α?/dd>

來自柯林斯例句

5. We just can't find enough good second-hand cars to satisfy demand.

我們實(shí)在找不到足夠多的性能良好的二手車，滿足不了需求。

來自柯林斯例句