satisfying
adjectiveWord Family
- satisfaction noun (≠ dissatisfaction)
- satisfactory adjective (≠ unsatisfactory)
- satisfy verb
- satisfying adjective (≠ unsatisfying)
- satisfied adjective (≠ dissatisfied) (≠ unsatisfied)
giving pleasure because it provides something you need or want 令人满意(或满足)的 a satisfying meal 可口的饭菜 a satisfying experience 令人满意的经历 - it is satisfying to do something
It's satisfying to play a game really well. 打一场出色的比赛是一件惬意的事。
Synonyms satisfyingsatisfying- rewarding
- pleasing
- gratifying
- fulfilling
- satisfying that gives you pleasure because it provides something you need or want:
It’s satisfying to play a game really well. 打一场出色的比赛是一件惬意的事。
- rewarding (of an experience or activity) that makes you happy because you think it is useful or important; worth doing:
Nursing can be a very rewarding career. 做护士可以是非常有意义的职业。
- pleasing (rather formal
) that gives you pleasure, especially to look at, hear or think about: 尤指令看到、听到、想到的人高兴、满意: It was a simple but pleasing design. 这是一项简单但令人满意的设计。
- gratifying (formal
) that gives you pleasure, especially because it makes you feel that you have done well: 指令人高兴,尤其对自己所做的事感到满意: It is gratifying to see such good results. 看到这么好的结果真令人欣慰。
- fulfilling (of an experience or activity) that makes you happy, because it makes you feel your skills and talents are being used:
I’m finding the work much more fulfilling now. 我现在觉得这工作有意义多了。
satisfying, rewarding or fulfilling? Almost any experience, important or very brief, can be satisfying. Rewarding and fulfilling are used more for longer, more serious activities, such as jobs or careers. Satisfying and fulfilling are more about your personal satisfaction or happiness; rewarding is more about your sense of doing something important and being useful to others.Patterns用 satisfying、rewarding 还是 fulfilling? - a satisfying/rewarding/gratifying/fulfilling experience/feeling
- (a) satisfying/rewarding/fulfilling job/career/work
- to find something satisfying/rewarding/pleasing/gratifying
Extra ExamplesTopics Working lifeb2There's something deeply satisfying about eating vegetables that you have grown yourself. 吃自己种的菜会让人产生一种深深的满足感。 a mutually satisfying relationship 彼此满意的关系 the need for a personally satisfying set of beliefs 需要一套令自己满意的信念 It's hard work, but very satisfying. 这是个苦差事,但会带来很大的满足感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- find something
- deeply
- eminently
- extremely
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