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Definition of satisfaction in English: satisfactionnounsatɪsˈfakʃ(ə)nˌsædəsˈfækʃ(ə)n mass noun1Fulfilment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this. 满意，满足 I looked round with satisfaction 我满意地环顾四周。 managing directors seeking greater job satisfaction 在工作中寻求更大满足的经理们。 Example sentencesExamples - It was resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.
- Owen refuses to gamble; as the dealer, he's always on the winning side, and he takes a sick satisfaction in watching the customers lose their money.
- Huxley surmised that life lived as the satisfaction of one desire after another would result in shallow and egotistical people.
- And the plot amply delivers the expected satisfactions of an intricate puzzle adroitly solved.
- Having your own navigator installed in the dash could also be the saviour of relationships, which in the past have been imperilled by one partner's inability to read a map to the satisfaction of the other.
- Still, the breeds are being kept alive by dedicated hobbyists who value the birds for their beauty and the satisfaction of raising them.
- And once you get work, you have the satisfaction of knowing you can make it as a model anywhere.
- Your reward is some money and the satisfaction of completing a really hard mission.
- I enjoy the satisfaction of bringing justice to those who have been wronged.
- Naturally there are commodities that are imported, but several of the restaurant owners get satisfaction out of using local produce.
- I felt a satisfaction in caring for Marian and Aidan like I had never experienced.
- The only reward is the satisfaction of an intellectual accomplishment.
- We were constantly rewarded with stunning scenic views and the satisfaction of navigating challenging terrain with ease, but we didn't get very far, as the crow flies.
- Everyone wants to get satisfaction out of his or her job.
- The winter equinox brings with it many small satisfactions as you review your achievements over the last six months, and plan ahead for the coming spring and summer.
- Whatever pleasures or satisfactions can be found are highly dependent on things being exactly the way they are desired.
- Teachers can be motivated by external and internal satisfactions.
- In elementary and middle school I loved the satisfaction and praise I could win by succeeding at the things my school deemed important.
- By saving, individuals indicate a willingness to forgo some more immediate satisfactions for some less immediate satisfactions.
- And there's nothing like the satisfaction of crossing stuff off a to do list.
Synonyms contentment, contentedness, content, pleasure, gratification, fulfilment, happiness, sense of well-being, pride, sense of achievement, delight, joy, enjoyment, relish, triumph self-satisfaction, smugness, complacency archaic self-content fulfilment, gratification appeasement, assuagement 2Law
The payment of a debt or fulfilment of an obligation or claim. 〔律〕（债务等的）清偿；（义务等的）履行 in full and final satisfaction of the claim 完全最终履行承诺。 Example sentencesExamples - The respondent shall thus pay the applicant the aforementioned sum in full satisfaction of her claim for unjust enrichment within sixty days of this judgment.
- The judgment debt is no longer recoverable by the various processes normally available for satisfaction of judgment debts.
- There is nothing in writing from either party that the cheque was to be accepted as payment in full satisfaction of the plaintiffs' accounts.
- It provided for a lump sum payment by the Husband to the Wife, in satisfaction of all claims which the Wife might have against the Husband.
- Cordelia maintains that Adrian paid nothing for these assets because they were transferred to her in satisfaction of debts owed to her.
Synonyms compensation, recompense, reparation, restitution, repayment, payment, settlement, reimbursement, indemnification, indemnity, damages redress, amends, atonement justice requital, retribution Latin quid pro quo - 2.1with negative What is felt to be owed or due to one, especially in reparation of an injustice or wrong.
赔偿，补偿 the work will come to a halt if the electricity and telephone people don't get satisfaction 如果电力和电话公司的员工得不到补偿的话，工作将会陷于停顿。 Example sentencesExamples - The victim or those related to the victim should get satisfaction.
- And if you don't get satisfaction there, then there probably is a consumer affairs office at your attorney general.
- Candidates can adopt a few simple guidelines to ensure that they get satisfaction when dealing with recruitment agencies.
- If you can't get satisfaction from your carrier, it's probably better to switch than fight.
- Maybe companies shouldn't spend too much time on customers who can't get satisfaction.
- If you don't get satisfaction from state agencies, hire an independent insurance adjuster.
Synonyms compensation, recompense, reparation, damages, indemnification, indemnity, reimbursement, repayment, remuneration, reward, redress - 2.2historical The opportunity to defend one's honour in a duel.
〈史〉通过决斗维护荣誉的机会 I demand the satisfaction of a gentleman 我要求决斗以维护一个绅士的荣誉。
3Christian Theology
Christ's atonement for sin. 〔基督教神学〕基督替世人赎罪
PhrasesSo that one is satisfied. 到…满意的程度 some amendments were made, not entirely to his satisfaction 做了某些修正，但还没有达到使他满意的程度。 Example sentencesExamples - All the songs charted for the function were rehearsed to her satisfaction.
- It is not incumbent upon staff to explain the reasons behind that suspicion to your satisfaction.
- Once the cushions had been plumped up to her satisfaction, she wouldn't allow her children to sit on them.
- The police have said that he's answered all questions to their satisfaction.
- He could not explain it to my satisfaction and it was totally unacceptable.
- And if things are not to your satisfaction, they try to work with you to find a satisfactory solution.
- I hope you have found everything to your satisfaction?
- One of my friends went for the special, a chicken filet with a mango and tequila sauce, and it was not at all to his satisfaction.
- That's still a critical question that hasn't been answered to my satisfaction yet.
- If the manufacturer doesn't handle your complaints to your satisfaction, seek legal help.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin satisfactio(n-), from satisfacere 'satisfy, content' (see satisfy). The earliest recorded use referred to the last part of religious penance after ‘contrition’ and ‘confession’: this involved fulfilment of the observance required by the confessor, in contrast with the current meaning 'fulfilment of one's own expectations'. Rhymesabstraction, action, attraction, benefaction, compaction, contraction, counteraction, diffraction, enaction, exaction, extraction, faction, fraction, interaction, liquefaction, malefaction, petrifaction, proaction, protraction, putrefaction, redaction, retroaction, stupefaction, subtraction, traction, transaction, tumefaction, vitrifaction Definition of satisfaction in US English: satisfactionnounˌsadəsˈfakSH(ə)nˌsædəsˈfækʃ(ə)n 1Fulfillment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs, or the pleasure derived from this. 满意，满足 he smiled with satisfaction 我满意地环顾四周。 managing directors seeking greater job satisfaction 在工作中寻求更大满足的经理们。 Example sentencesExamples - Huxley surmised that life lived as the satisfaction of one desire after another would result in shallow and egotistical people.
- We were constantly rewarded with stunning scenic views and the satisfaction of navigating challenging terrain with ease, but we didn't get very far, as the crow flies.
- The winter equinox brings with it many small satisfactions as you review your achievements over the last six months, and plan ahead for the coming spring and summer.
- Whatever pleasures or satisfactions can be found are highly dependent on things being exactly the way they are desired.
- Your reward is some money and the satisfaction of completing a really hard mission.
- Naturally there are commodities that are imported, but several of the restaurant owners get satisfaction out of using local produce.
- Still, the breeds are being kept alive by dedicated hobbyists who value the birds for their beauty and the satisfaction of raising them.
- I felt a satisfaction in caring for Marian and Aidan like I had never experienced.
- Having your own navigator installed in the dash could also be the saviour of relationships, which in the past have been imperilled by one partner's inability to read a map to the satisfaction of the other.
- It was resolved to the satisfaction of all parties.
- And the plot amply delivers the expected satisfactions of an intricate puzzle adroitly solved.
- The only reward is the satisfaction of an intellectual accomplishment.
- And once you get work, you have the satisfaction of knowing you can make it as a model anywhere.
- In elementary and middle school I loved the satisfaction and praise I could win by succeeding at the things my school deemed important.
- I enjoy the satisfaction of bringing justice to those who have been wronged.
- Owen refuses to gamble; as the dealer, he's always on the winning side, and he takes a sick satisfaction in watching the customers lose their money.
- And there's nothing like the satisfaction of crossing stuff off a to do list.
- Teachers can be motivated by external and internal satisfactions.
- By saving, individuals indicate a willingness to forgo some more immediate satisfactions for some less immediate satisfactions.
- Everyone wants to get satisfaction out of his or her job.
Synonyms contentment, contentedness, content, pleasure, gratification, fulfilment, happiness, sense of well-being, pride, sense of achievement, delight, joy, enjoyment, relish, triumph fulfilment, gratification - 1.1Law The payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation or claim.
〔律〕（债务等的）清偿；（义务等的）履行 in full and final satisfaction of the claim 完全最终履行承诺。 Example sentencesExamples - Cordelia maintains that Adrian paid nothing for these assets because they were transferred to her in satisfaction of debts owed to her.
- The judgment debt is no longer recoverable by the various processes normally available for satisfaction of judgment debts.
- The respondent shall thus pay the applicant the aforementioned sum in full satisfaction of her claim for unjust enrichment within sixty days of this judgment.
- It provided for a lump sum payment by the Husband to the Wife, in satisfaction of all claims which the Wife might have against the Husband.
- There is nothing in writing from either party that the cheque was to be accepted as payment in full satisfaction of the plaintiffs' accounts.
Synonyms compensation, recompense, reparation, restitution, repayment, payment, settlement, reimbursement, indemnification, indemnity, damages - 1.2with negative What is felt to be owed or due to one, especially in reparation of an injustice or wrong.
赔偿，补偿 the work will come to a halt if the electricity and telephone people don't get satisfaction 如果电力和电话公司的员工得不到补偿的话，工作将会陷于停顿。 Example sentencesExamples - If you don't get satisfaction from state agencies, hire an independent insurance adjuster.
- Maybe companies shouldn't spend too much time on customers who can't get satisfaction.
- The victim or those related to the victim should get satisfaction.
- If you can't get satisfaction from your carrier, it's probably better to switch than fight.
- Candidates can adopt a few simple guidelines to ensure that they get satisfaction when dealing with recruitment agencies.
- And if you don't get satisfaction there, then there probably is a consumer affairs office at your attorney general.
Synonyms compensation, recompense, reparation, damages, indemnification, indemnity, reimbursement, repayment, remuneration, reward, redress - 1.3Christian Theology Christ's atonement for sin.
〔基督教神学〕基督替世人赎罪 - 1.4historical The opportunity to defend one's honor in a duel.
〈史〉通过决斗维护荣誉的机会 I demand the satisfaction of a gentleman 我要求决斗以维护一个绅士的荣誉。
PhrasesSo that one is satisfied. 到…满意的程度 some amendments were made, not entirely to his satisfaction 做了某些修正，但还没有达到使他满意的程度。 Example sentencesExamples - That's still a critical question that hasn't been answered to my satisfaction yet.
- The police have said that he's answered all questions to their satisfaction.
- If the manufacturer doesn't handle your complaints to your satisfaction, seek legal help.
- I hope you have found everything to your satisfaction?
- And if things are not to your satisfaction, they try to work with you to find a satisfactory solution.
- It is not incumbent upon staff to explain the reasons behind that suspicion to your satisfaction.
- All the songs charted for the function were rehearsed to her satisfaction.
- One of my friends went for the special, a chicken filet with a mango and tequila sauce, and it was not at all to his satisfaction.
- He could not explain it to my satisfaction and it was totally unacceptable.
- Once the cushions had been plumped up to her satisfaction, she wouldn't allow her children to sit on them.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French, or from Latin satisfactio(n-), from satisfacere ‘satisfy, content’ (see satisfy). The earliest recorded use referred to the last part of religious penance after ‘contrition’ and ‘confession’: this involved fulfillment of the observance required by the confessor, in contrast with the current meaning ‘fulfillment of one's own expectations’. |