Sate is a fairly formal verb: to fill a desire until you have had enough, or too much — most often hunger, thirst, or some pleasure. If food sates you, you are no longer hungry; if it more than sates you, you feel stuffed.

Sate是一個相當正式的動詞，is a fairly formal verb指的是 to fill a desire until you have had enough, or too much把某種慾望填滿到你已經滿足、甚至過量的程度——most often hunger, thirst, or some pleasure最常見的是飢餓、口渴，或某種快感。If food sates you如果食物把你sate了，you are no longer hungry你就不再餓了；if it more than sates you如果它讓你sate過頭，you feel stuffed你就會覺得撐了。

The sense people reach for is that feeling of “enough, maybe too much,” though actually sate itself is the doing word, and the feeling word you will hear more is sated. You can sate curiosity or a need for praise as well as a need for food; people stretch it to any appetite.

The sense people reach for人們想表達的感覺 is that feeling of 'enough, maybe too much,'是那種「夠了，也許太多了」的感覺，though actually不過實際上 sate itself is the doing wordsate本身是動作的那個詞，and the feeling word you will hear more is sated而你比較常聽到表示那種感覺的字是sated。You can sate curiosity or a need for praise你可以sate好奇心，或對讚美的渴望，as well as a need for food就跟sate對食物的需求一樣；people stretch it to any appetite人們會把這個詞延伸到任何一種慾望上。

It is not an everyday kitchen word. A parent is more likely to say “I’ve had enough” than “That will sate me.” There is a different, older sate that meant sat (the past of sit); that is not this meaning.

It這個字 is not an everyday kitchen word不是廚房裡日常會用的字。A parent一個家長 is more likely to say比較可能會說 'I've had enough'「我吃夠了」 than 'That will sate me.'而不是「那會讓我sate。」There is a different, older sate另外還有一個不同、更古老的sate that meant sat (the past of sit)意思是sat（sit的過去式）；that is not this meaning那不是這個意思。