核心词解析:
`gratify`:及物动词,意为“使满足;使满意”(强调因需求被满足而产生愉悦感);
`thirst for sth.`:固定搭配(thirst为名词),表示“对……的强烈渴望”(如“thirst for knowledge”=“求知欲”)。
该短语是及物动词短语,结构和搭配特点如下:
主语:通常是满足渴望的“事物/行为”(如书籍、旅行、成就等),或主动满足他人/自己渴望的“人”;
宾语:`one's thirst for sth.`(“某人对某事的渴望”,其中`one's`需替换为具体的形容词性物主代词,如`my/your/his/her`;`sth.`为“渴望的对象”)。
`thirst for`后常接抽象名词(表“渴望的内容”),例如:
`thirst for knowledge`(求知欲)
`thirst for adventure`(冒险欲)
`thirst for success`(成功欲)
`thirst for truth`(对真相的渴求)
`thirst for experience`(对经历的渴望)
偏正式,常用于书面语或较正式的口语,强调“满足渴望的同时带来愉悦感”(区别于中性的`satisfy`,`gratify`更突出“令人满意的满足”)。
1、 事物作主语(满足渴望的载体):
Reading classic novels can gratify your thirst for wisdom.(读经典小说能满足你对智慧的渴望。)
The art exhibition gratified her thirst for beauty.(这场艺术展满足了她对美的渴求。)
2、 人作主语(主动满足他人/自己的渴望):
She gratified her son's thirst for stories by reading to him every night.(她每天晚上给儿子读故事,满足了他对故事的渴望。)
He traveled to 10 countries last year to gratify his thirst for cultural exploration.(他去年去了10个国家,满足自己对文化探索的渴望。)
3、 结果状语(强调满足后的愉悦):
Winning the award gratified his long-held thirst for recognition.(获奖满足了他长期以来对认可的渴望。)
`gratify one's thirst for sth.`:强调“满足+愉悦”,更有情感色彩;
`satisfy one's thirst for sth.`:中性,仅表示“消除渴望”(无明显愉悦感);
`quench one's thirst for sth.`:原指“解渴”,引申为“彻底满足渴望”(更口语化)。
总结:该短语适合描述“通过某种方式,让某人的强烈渴望得到满意的满足”,核心是“渴望+满足+愉悦”。