单词 | satisfactive |
释义 | satisfactive, a. and n. rare.|sætɪsˈfæktɪv| [as if ad. L. *satisfactīvus, f. satisfact-, satisfacĕre to satisfy: see -ive.] A. adj. †a. ? Adequate to the requirements of the case. Obs. b. In Bentham's use: Consisting in or concerned with ‘satisfaction’ or reparation.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xi. 334 By a finall and satisfactive discernment of faith, we lay the last and particular effects upon the first and generall cause of all things. 1829Bentham Justice & Cod. Petit., Abr. Petit. Justice 79 The two remedies which wrong in every shape calls for: namely, the satisfactive and the punitive. 1830― Offic. Apt. Maximized Pref. 25 note, Punishment, together with the several other remedies, which the nature of things admits of:—namely, satisfactive, suppressive, and preventive. †B. n. ‘An act of satisfaction; compensation; requital; amends’ (Cent. Dict. 1891). |

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11:
相关热词搜索:satisfactive英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语