satiate
Definitions
To satisfy an appetite or desire fully.
使（食欲、欲望）充分满足。
To supply with more than enough, to the point of disgust or weariness.
使过饱，使厌腻。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedFrom Latin satiare ('to fill, glut'), itself from satis ('enough'). To satiate is to fill an appetite all the way — and often a step past it. Unlike plain satisfy, satiate leans toward physical fullness and can imply too much: satiated to the point of weariness.
Root sat still carries 42 more wordsWhy It Means This
Satiate is a more literary, slightly stronger cousin of satisfy. It usually applies to bodily or sensory appetites — hunger, thirst, lust, a craving — and carries a hint of 'filled to the brim,' sometimes uncomfortably so. Its noun is satiety, and its negative insatiable is far more common than the verb itself.
Common Collocations
- 1.satiate one's appetite满足食欲
- 2.satiate one's hunger填饱肚子
- 3.satiate a craving满足渴望
- 4.satiate one's curiosity满足好奇心
Example Sentences
- 1.
One slice of cake was not enough to satiate his hunger.
- 2.
No amount of praise could satiate her need for approval.