➡ 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
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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。OPPdisplease ⇨ 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 ⇨ satisfyingNOTE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
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(made, made) (ratherinformal, especiallyspoken) 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] (ratherformal, 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