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.
双语例句
1. Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand.
有一些廉价的商品，但是数量不足以满足需求。
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2. They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.
他们去那里纯粹是为了满足其病态的好奇心。
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3. The scandal stories satisfy people's curiosity for a few hours.
有关丑闻的报道使人们的好奇心在几个小时内得到满足。
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4. To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.
为了满足好奇心，我们去了巴尔的摩。
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5. We just can't find enough good second-hand cars to satisfy demand.