➡ See also the entry for delight另見delight條please ♦︎ satisfy ♦︎ make sb's day ♦︎ gratifyThese words all mean to make sb feel pleased or happy.這些詞均表示使某人滿意或愉快。SYNONYM SCALE 詞義標尺下圖顯示這些詞所表達使人滿意的程度
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please
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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使滿意;使愉快;取悅◆I did it to please my parents.我這麽做是要讓父母高興。◆There's just no pleasing some people(= some people are impossible to please).有些人你是沒法讓他們滿意的。◆She's always very eager to please.她總是急於取悅别人。OPPdisplease ⇨ annoy see also pleased ⇨ glad, pleasing ⇨ satisfying■satisfy [transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses; often used in negative sentences不用於進行時;常用於否定句) to please sb by doing or giving them what they want使滿意;使滿足◆Nothing satisfies him-he's always complaining.什麽都難讓他滿意-他老是在抱怨。◆The proposed plan will not satisfy everyone.拟議中的計劃不會讓所有人都滿意。 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常表達比satisfy更強、更正面的含義。satisfy表示足夠好,但是please可以表示非常令人滿意◆The result pleased us enormously.結果讓我們喜出望外。◆The result satisfied us enormously.Both words can be used in negative sentences to say that sth is not good enough.這兩個詞都可用於否定句,表示不夠好◆The planning policy failed to please / satisfy anyone.規劃政策未能讓任何人滿意。■make sb's ˈday
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(made, made) (ratherinformal, especiallyspoken) to make sb feel very happy on a particular day使興奮(或高興)一天◆The phone call from Mike really made my day.邁克打來的電話讓我一整天都高興得不得了。■gratify [transitive] (ratherformal, written) to please sb by making them feel that they are good at sth, liked or valued使(覺得能幹、受歡迎或受重視而)高興(或滿意)◆It gratified him to think that it was all his work.一想到這都是他的工作成果,他感到十分欣慰。◆I was gratified by their invitation.收到他們的邀請,我感到很高興。 see also gratifying ⇨ satisfying