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To satiate a desire or need is to satisfy it so fully that you have had enough — and often too much. Food and sex are the senses books mention first, but the verb also takes hunger, curiosity, or a thirst for news. It is more formal than fill, feed, or satisfy, and a bit heavier than sate; you meet it in writing more than in chat. Though actually, satiate does not always mean “happily full.” It can mean the appetite is gone because there was too much, not because it was perfect. If a long holiday satiates your need for rest, you may even be ready to work — or a little bored of resting. The Latin behind it is simply “enough.”
使飽足到膩；填滿（慾望、食慾）
組成Borrowed from Latin satiātus, the past form of satiō (“to fill full, satiate, satisfy”), from satis (“sufficient, enough”). English -ate here is the verb-building ending. First attested in Middle English in the 1440–1450s.
同家族的字
- satisfyshares Latin satis, “enough”
- satisfactionsame satis piece
- satietythe state of having had enough, from the same Latin family
- satiatedsatiate + -ed
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
satiateverb/ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/
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To fill to satisfaction; to satisfy.
- Nothing seemed to satiate her desire for knowledge.
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To satisfy to excess. To fill to satiety.
satiateadj/ˈseɪʃɪeɪt/
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rareFilled to satisfaction or to excess; satiated, satisfied.
- A ſnowy Feather ſpangled white he beares, To ſignifie the mildneſſe of his minde, That ſatiate with ſpoile refuſeth blood:
- Our generals now, retir'd to their estates, Hang their old trophies o'er the garden gates; In life's cool evening satiate of applause
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。