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单词 satiate
释义
satiate
verb[Toften passive]
formal
uk
/ˈseɪ.ʃi.eɪt/us
/ˈseɪ.ʃi.eɪt/
tocompletelysatisfyyourself or a need,especiallywithfoodorpleasure, so that you could not have any more:
（尤指饮食或享乐）使饱足，使厌腻
Hedrankgreedilyuntil histhirstwas satiated.他大口大口地喝了个饱。
Synonyms
fill
sateformalorliterary
satisfy(WANTING)
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Satisfied and complacent
  • at one with the worldidiom
  • be on to a good thingidiom
  • buoyant
  • complacency
  • complacent
  • complacently
  • have a good run foryourmoneyidiom
  • job satisfaction
  • nicely
  • pride
  • rest onyourlaurelsidiom
  • satisfied
  • self-complacency
  • self-complacent
  • self-fulfilled
  • self-fulfilment
  • that'll do nicelyidiom
  • this is the life!idiom
  • triumphalism
  • virtuously
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satiation
(Definition ofsatiatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsatiate

satiate
Christians are martyred tosatiatethe mob's class envy, economic, and social dissatisfaction, even desire for yet further sensational entertainments.
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These facts imply that synchronous seeding by various dipterocarps during general flowering and seeding events might be adaptive for satiating insect predators.
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Short dispersal distances, in turn generate the high densities needed tosatiateseed and seedling predators.
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One important point is that cares do not strive tosatiatewants.
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In a dynamic framework, economic growth in developing countries would raise the level of emissions at which they are satiated.
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Ladybirds also tend to become satiated at a relatively low prey density.
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When animals are satiated (or perhaps see that they can easily be satiated), the reward value of the relevant sensory input decreases.
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Should one blame him for using historically satiated concepts to explain the formation and evolution of social institutions of the past?
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Predators may be satiated by an abundance of seeds during mast years while they experience starvation during non-mast years with little or no availability of seeds.
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Smith (1975) suggested that fleshy pulp enhanced caching by temporarily satiating the scatterhoarder and, consequently, reducing predation.
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We are the leaders in this demand to-day, and we have an appetite which will not be satiated.
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It is quite clear that these statistical people cannot be appeased; they cannot be satiated.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am afraid there is no sign yet of their being satiated.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I hope we shall be able in the course of time to minister to him, and, perhaps, even tosatiatehim.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is drying up partly because the post-war hunger for goods has been satiated, and partly because our prices are no longer right.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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