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gratify verb
⇨ please please verb ➡ See also the entry for ⇨ delight 另见delight条please ♦︎ satisfy ♦︎ make sb's day ♦︎ gratifyThese words all mean to make sb feel pleased or happy. 这些词均表示使某人满意或愉快。SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达使人满意的程度| satisfy | ➔ | please | ➔ | make sb's day | | | gratify | | |
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆It pleased / satisfied / gratified sb that...◆It pleased / gratified sb to find / hear / know / see / think...◆to really please sb / make sb's day / gratify sb◆You can't please / satisfy everybody / everyone.◆Nothing pleases / satisfies sb.■ please [transitive, intransitive] to make sb feel pleased 使满意；使愉快；取悦◆I did it to please my parents.我这么做是要让父母高兴。◆There's just no pleasing some people (= some people are impossible to please).有些人你是没法让他们满意的。◆She's always very eager to please.她总是急于取悦别人。OPP displease ⇨ annoy see also pleased ⇨ glad , pleasing ⇨ satisfying ■ satisfy [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses; often used in negative sentences 不用于进行时；常用于否定句) to please sb by doing or giving them what they want 使满意；使满足◆Nothing satisfies him－he's always complaining.什么都难让他满意－他老是在抱怨。◆The proposed plan will not satisfy everyone.拟议中的计划不会让所有人都满意。 see also satisfied ⇨ happy , satisfying ⇨ satisfying NOTE 辨析 Please or satisfy? Please is often a stronger and more positive word than satisfy. Something that satisfies you is just good enough, but sth might please you very much. * please常表达比satisfy更强、更正面的含义。satisfy表示足够好，但是please可以表示非常令人满意◆The result pleased us enormously.结果让我们喜出望外。◆The result satisfied us enormously. Both words can be used in negative sentences to say that sth is not good enough. 这两个词都可用于否定句，表示不够好◆The planning policy failed to please / satisfy anyone.规划政策未能让任何人满意。 ■ make sb's ˈday idiom (made, made) (rather informal, especially spoken) to make sb feel very happy on a particular day 使兴奋（或高兴）一天◆The phone call from Mike really made my day.迈克打来的电话让我一整天都高兴得不得了。■ gratify [transitive] (rather formal, written) to please sb by making them feel that they are good at sth, liked or valued 使（觉得能干、受欢迎或受重视而）高兴（或满意）◆It gratified him to think that it was all his work.一想到这都是他的工作成果，他感到十分欣慰。◆I was gratified by their invitation.收到他们的邀请，我感到很高兴。 see also gratifying ⇨ satisfying |