Satiate



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 使充分满足, 使饱足
• ［英］ v. 使充分满足, 使饱足 ( satisfy fully)
• ［类］ slake : thirst / satiate : hunger ( 解渴 / 消饿)
• ［例］ be　satiated　with　pleasure（厌腻于欢乐）

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: 15th century
• filled to satiety

II. transitive verb (-ated; -ating)

• Etymology: Latin satiatus, past participle of satiare, from satis enough — more at sad
• Date: 15th century
• to satisfy (as a need or desire) fully or to excess
• ? satiation noun
• Synonyms:
  • satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge mean to fill to repletion. satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire <years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel><readers were sated with sensationalistic stories>. surfeit implies a nauseating repletion<surfeited themselves with junk food>. cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting<sentimental pictures that cloy after a while>. pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite<a life of leisure eventually begins to pall>. glut implies excess in feeding or supplying<a market glutted with diet books>. gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking<gorged themselves with chocolate>.

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