gratifying
adjective /ˈɡrætɪfaɪɪŋ/
/ˈɡrætɪfaɪɪŋ/
(formal)- giving pleasure and making you feel satisfied
令人高兴的;使人满意的 - It is gratifying to see such good results.
看到这么好的结果真令人欣慰。 - He felt a gratifying sense of being respected and appreciated.
他感到一种令人欣慰的被尊重和被欣赏的感觉。
Synonyms satisfyingsatisfying- rewarding
- pleasing
- gratifying
- fulfilling
- satisfying that gives you pleasure because it provides something you need or want:
- It’s satisfying to play a game really well.
打一场出色的比赛是一件惬意的事。
- It’s satisfying to play a game really well.
- rewarding (of an experience or activity) that makes you happy because you think it is useful or important; worth doing:
- Nursing can be a very rewarding career.
做护士可以是非常有意义的职业。
- Nursing can be a very rewarding career.
- pleasing (rather formal) that gives you pleasure, especially to look at, hear or think about:
尤指令看到、听到、想到的人高兴、满意: - It was a simple but pleasing design.
这是一项简单但令人满意的设计。
- It was a simple but pleasing design.
- gratifying (formal) that gives you pleasure, especially because it makes you feel that you have done well:
指令人高兴,尤其对自己所做的事感到满意: - It is gratifying to see such good results.
看到这么好的结果真令人欣慰。
- It is gratifying to see such good results.
- fulfilling (of an experience or activity) that makes you happy, because it makes you feel your skills and talents are being used:
- I’m finding the work much more fulfilling now.
我现在觉得这工作有意义多了。
- I’m finding the work much more fulfilling now.
Almost any experience, important or very brief, can be satisfying. Rewarding and fulfilling are used more for longer, more serious activities, such as jobs or careers. Satisfying and fulfilling are more about your personal satisfaction or happiness; rewarding is more about your sense of doing something important and being useful to others.Patterns用 satisfying、rewarding 还是 fulfilling? - a satisfying/rewarding/gratifying/fulfilling experience/feeling
- (a) satisfying/rewarding/fulfilling job/career/work
- to find something satisfying/rewarding/pleasing/gratifying
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- find something
- extremely
- immensely
- incredibly
- …
- for
- It is gratifying to see such good results.