"sate" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 使滿足
• 使喫飽

Definition

完全滿足慾望或食慾，使人不再想要更多。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

正式或文學用語，主要用於強烈慾望或飢餓，在日常口語中很少見。例如：'sate someone's curiosity.' 不要與“satiate”混淆，意思接近但略有不同。

Examples

He tried to sate his hunger with a big meal.

他試圖用一頓大餐來**使**自己**喫飽**。

Nothing could sate her curiosity about the new neighbor.

沒有什麼能**滿足**她對新鄰居的好奇心。

Will this water be enough to sate your thirst?

這水能**滿足**你的口渴嗎？

A huge steak was enough to sate even his enormous appetite.

一塊大牛排足以**滿足**他巨大的食慾。

No amount of compliments could sate her need for approval.

再多的讚美也無法**滿足**她對認可的需求。

I thought the new book would sate my interest in history, but now I'm even more fascinated.

我以為這本新書能**滿足**我對歷史的興趣，但現在我更加著迷了。