Satisfaction

(noun.) act of fulfilling a desire or need or appetite; 'the satisfaction of their demand for better services'.

(noun.) the contentment one feels when one has fulfilled a desire, need, or expectation; 'the chef tasted the sauce with great satisfaction'.

(noun.) (law) the payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation; 'the full and final satisfaction of the claim'.

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• His satisfaction was not removed by Rebecca's own statements, behaviour, and conversation. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He was again put on night duty, much to his satisfaction. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The promised departure was all that Fanny could think of with much satisfaction. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• This simple Experiment at once proved the effect of the Bomb Submarine to the satisfaction of all the Spectators. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• My Dear: I write a little word to tell you with how much satisfaction I watch your efforts to control your temper. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• If our great view is upon those of the next, the expectation of them is an infinitely higher satisfaction than the enjoyment of those of the present. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Here at least were intelligible facts regarding landscape--far-reaching proofs productive of genuine satisfaction. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• If it was cheap ugliness, I'd say nothing, but it costs as much as the other, and I don't get any satisfaction out of it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I'd rather you wouldn't, said Meg, taking a naughty satisfaction in trying her lover's patience and her own power. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• His father had never conferred a favour or shewn a kindness more to his satisfaction. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• And I hope that he may find it--Mr. Bucket again looks grave--to his satisfaction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• When all this was done to the magistrate's satisfaction, the magistrate and Mr. Jinks consulted in whispers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He didn't know what satisfaction _he_ could give any gentleman, respecting that family. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It would have been a troublesome job and no satisfaction. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• This remark he offers like a most respectable tradesman anxious to execute an order neatly and to the perfect satisfaction of his customer. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• And food and wisdom are the corresponding satisfactions of either? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• The task of politics is to understand those deeper demands and to find civilized satisfactions for them. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Hitherto I have known few pleasures save of the severer kind: my satisfactions have been those of the solitary student. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He must give a tug still--all the stronger because other satisfactions were going. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And the morning wore away in satisfactions very sweet, if not very sound. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Both see that there are good and bad satisfactions of the same impulse. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But it is a great mistake to regard these values as ultimate ends to which the concrete satisfactions of experience are subordinate. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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