弘扬国学 · 传承文化

sate

英 [seɪt] 美 [set]

解释

v. 使心满意足，使饱享

※ 提供单词"sate"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

sate 满足

来自古英语 sadian,使满足，来自 Proto-Germanic*sadona,使满足，来自 PIE*sa,使满足，词源同 sad,satisfy.

英文词源

sate (v.): "to satisfy, surfeit," c. 1600, alteration (by influence of Latin satiare "satiate") of Middle English saden "become satiated; satiate," from Old English sadian "to satiate, fill; be sated, get wearied," from Proto-Germanic *sadon "to satisfy, sate," from root *sa- "to satisfy" (see sad (adj.)). Related: Sated; sating.

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例句和用法

1. He used her just to sate his lust.: 他只不过用她来泄欲.

2. Nothing could sate the careerist's greed for power.: 什么也满足不了这个野心家的权力欲。

3. I am sate with opera after listening to it for a whole weekend.: 听了整整一个周末的歌剧，我觉得腻了。

4. The Imperial is considerably closer to the city center than the Sate.: 与赛特相比,帝国饭店离市中心很近.

5. And the Sate offers both large and small conference rooms.: 而且赛特也可提供大小会议室.