動詞 gratify:

1. make happy or satisfied
   同義詞：satisfy
2. yield (to); give satisfaction to
   同義詞：pander, indulge

1. Now that she has a job in France she can gratify her desire to see Europe.
   既然現在她在法國工作，那就可以滿足她游覽歐洲的愿望了。
2. I was gratified to see how much my birthday present was appreciated.
   看到我的生日禮物受到極大的贊賞，我感到高興。

grat.i.fy

v.tr.（及物動詞）
grat.i.fied,grat.i.fy.ing,grat.i.fies
To please or satisfy:
使人高興或滿足：
例句：
His achievement gratified his father.See Synonyms at please
他的成就讓他的父親高興參見 please

To give what is desired to; indulge:
放任：給…所渴望得到的；沉溺于：
例句：
gratified her curiosity.
放任她的好奇心

Archaic To reward.
【古語】 酬勞，回報

來源：
Middle English gratifien [to favor]
中古英語 gratifien [給予，賜予]
from Latin gr3tific3ro
源自 拉丁語 gr3tific3ro
gr3tus [pleasing] * see g wer…- 2
gr3tus [令人高興的] *參見 g wer…- 2
-fic3ro [-fy]
-fic3ro [后綴，表示.使…成為.]

【引伸】
grat.ifi.er
n.（名詞）
grat.ify.ing
adj.（形容詞）
grat.ify.ingly
adj.（形容詞）