gratify 音标拼音: [gr'ætəf
, ɑɪ]
vt . 使满足
使满足
gratify v 1 :
make happy or satisfied [
synonym : {
satisfy }, {
gratify }] [
ant :
{
dissatisfy }]
2 :
yield (
to );
give satisfaction to [
synonym : {
gratify }, {
pander },
{
indulge }]
Gratify \
Grat "
i *
fy \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Gratified };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Gratifying }.] [
F .
gratifier ,
L .
gratificari ;
gratus pleasing -
ficare (
in comp .)
to make .
See {-
fy }.]
1 .
To please ;
to give pleasure to ;
to satisfy ;
to soothe ;
to indulge ;
as ,
to gratify the taste ,
the appetite ,
the senses ,
the desires ,
the mind ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
For who would die to gratify a foe ? --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To requite ;
to recompense . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
It remains . . .
To gratify his noble service . --
Shak .
Syn :
To indulge ;
humor please ;
delight ;
requite ;
recompense .
Usage :
To {
Gratify }, {
Indulge }, {
Humor .}
Gratify ,
is the generic term ,
and has reference simply to the pleasure communicated .
To indulge a person implies that we concede something to his wishes or his weaknesses which he could not claim ,
and which had better ,
perhaps ,
be spared .
To humor is to adapt ourselves to the varying moods ,
and ,
perhaps ,
caprices ,
of others .
We gratify a child by showing him the sights of a large city ;
we indulge him in some extra expense on such an occasion ;
we humor him when he is tired and exacting .
[
1913 Webster ]
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gratify ":
achieve inner harmony ,
allay ,
appease ,
assuage ,
baby ,
board ,
bread ,
cater to ,
cheer ,
coddle ,
compensate ,
content ,
cosset ,
delectate ,
delight ,
dine ,
do proud ,
elate ,
favor ,
feast ,
feed ,
flush ,
fodder ,
forage ,
give way to ,
gladden ,
grass ,
graze ,
happify ,
humor ,
indulge ,
make proud ,
meat ,
mess ,
mollycoddle ,
oblige ,
pamper ,
pasture ,
please ,
pleasure ,
provision ,
put at ease ,
quench ,
recompense ,
regale ,
requite ,
reward ,
sate ,
satiate ,
satisfy ,
set at ease ,
slake ,
spoil ,
sustain ,
wine and dine ,
yield to
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