动词:使完全满足;使饱足(尤指食欲或欲望)。常含有"过度满足以至于厌倦"的意味。
/ˈseɪ.ʃi.eɪt/
Nothing could satiate his hunger after the long hike.
长途徒步之后,什么都无法满足他的饥饿感。
The artist, never satiated by conventional success, continued to push the boundaries of her craft in search of deeper meaning.
这位艺术家从不满足于传统意义上的成功,她不断突破自己的技艺边界,追寻更深层的意义。
源自拉丁语 satiare,意为"使满足、使充满",其词根为 satis,意思是"足够的"。该词根也是英语中 satisfy(满足)和 saturate(浸透)等词的来源。Satiate 在15世纪进入英语,最初仅表示"充分满足",后来逐渐带有"过度满足导致厌腻"的含义。