
/setd/
形容词,意为"满足的,饱足的",指某种欲望或需求(尤其是食欲)被完全满足后的状态。
After the large meal, everyone at the table felt sated and content.
丰盛的一餐过后,桌边的每个人都感到心满意足。
The travelers, finally sated after days of hunger, rested beneath the old oak tree and watched the sun dip below the horizon.
旅人们在饥饿了数日后终于吃饱,他们在老橡树下歇息,看着太阳缓缓沉入地平线。
sated 源自拉丁语 satiare,意为"使满足、使饱足",其词根为 satis,意思是"足够的"。该词经由古英语 sadian(使满足)演变而来,在16世纪左右以现代形式进入英语。与之同源的词还有 satisfy(满足)和 satiate(使饱足),都共享"足够"这一核心含义。