1590s, "act of gratifying," from Middle French gratification or directly from Latin gratificationem (nominative gratificatio) "obligingness, complaisance," noun of action from past participle stem of gratificari "to please, oblige, do favor to" (see gratify). Meaning "state of being gratified" is by 1712.
雙語例句
1. "Gratification" and "gratitude" have the same etymological root.
gratification和gratitude的詞源相同。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A feed will usually provide instant gratification to a crying baby.
喂食通?？墒拐诳摁[的嬰兒立即得到滿足。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. His son's success was a great gratification to him.
他兒子的成功是令他深感快慰的事.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. To my immense gratification, he fell into the trap.