satisfy是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. 满意， 使满意， 使相信， 说服，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They were therefore obliged to husband the small provision of water they had still left, and deal it out in rations, so that if no one had enough to satisfy his thirst no one felt it too painful.
-- Nothing could be more agreeable than such a recital to Lady Helena and Mary Grant; and accordingly Lord Glenarvan hastened to satisfy their curiosity—going over incident by incident, the entire march from one ocean to another, the pass of the Andes, the earthquake, the disappearance of Robert, his capture by the condor, Thalcave's providential shot, the episode of the red wolves, the devotion of the young lad, Sergeant Manuel, the inundations, the caimans, the waterspout, the night on the Atlantic shore—all these details, amusing or terrible, excited by turns laughter and horror in the listeners.
-- The quartermaster did his best to satisfy the poor girl, and Glenarvan did not interrupt him, though a score of questions far more important crowded into his mind.
-- "I am ready to satisfy you," replied Harry Grant; "but, you know, to multiply the chances of safety, I had inclosed three documents in the bottle, in three different languages.
在阿瑟·柯南·道尔的《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He wanted to know the object of my inquiries, but I managed to satisfy his curiosity without telling him too much, for there is no reason why we should take anyone into our confidence.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- VI ere you all are,' began the prince, 'settling yourselves 'Hdown to listen to me with so much curiosity, that if I do not satisfy you you will probably be angry with me.
-- He runs about all night long; he was up at least seven times last night, to satisfy himself that the windows and doors were barred, and to peep into the oven.
-- 'You have published this article upon the supposition that I would never consent to satisfy Mr. Burdovsky.
-- It may be that I have resolved to satisfy Mr. Burdovsky's claim.
-- 'I admit you are right there, but it was involuntary, and I immediate-ly said to myself that my personal feelings had nothing to do with it, that if I thought it right to satisfy the demands of Mr. Burdovsky, out of respect for the memory of Pavlicheff, I ought to do so in any case, whether I esteemed Mr. Bur-dovsky or not.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The two came breathless up to him and seized his hands, where-on he began to weep and said, 'Take me alive; I will ransom myself; we have great store of gold, bronze, and wrought iron, and from this my father will satisfy you with a very large ransom, should he hear of my being alive at the ships of the Achaeans.'
-- Our father Antimachus has great store of gold, bronze, and wrought iron, and from this he will satisfy you with a very large ransom should he hear of our being alive at the ships of the Achaeans.'
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Then he examined the keys of the bedroom and the two dressing-room doors, to satisfy himself that these also could be made an assurance of freedom.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Do I expect a hungry wolf will satisfy his craving with a mouthful!They have lost a man, and 'tis their fashion, when they meet a loss, and fail in the surprise, to fall back; but we shall have them on again, with new expedients to circumvent us, and master our scalps.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- This did not satisfy Friday; but he returns upon me, repeating my words, 'RESERVE AT LAST!'
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- To satisfy me, those characters must be united.
-- But Marianne could no more satisfy him as to the colour of Mr. Willoughby's pointer, than he could describe to her the shades of his mind.
-- Marianne began now to perceive that the desperation which had seized her at sixteen and a half, of ever seeing a man who could satisfy her ideas of perfection, had been rash and unjustifiable.
-- I have explained it to myself in the most satisfactory way; but you, Elinor, who love to doubt where you can it will not satisfy YOU, I know; but you shall not talk ME out of my trust in it.
-- for famous you must be to satisfy all your family; and with no inclination for expense, no affection for strangers, no profession, and no assurance, you may find it a difficult matter."
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Mrs. Hale loved to drive in the afternoon in the sun when it was fine, and to satisfy her soul with a sight of those mansions and lawns which she could not afford.
-- Anything to relieve his mental distress, to satisfy his craving for comfort.
-- It insisted, and Carrie wished to satisfy it, wished more and more that Hurstwood was not in the way.
-- If you turn away from it and live to satisfy yourself alone, it will go fast enough.
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