SATISFACTION

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Traducere în limba română

satisfaction substantiv

1. achitare, plată, lichidare (a unei datorii); îndeplinire (a unei condiţii); executare (a unei obligaţii);

(jur.) to enter satisfaction a înregistra achitarea unei obligaţii băneşti;

in satisfaction of ca plată.

2. reparare (a unei insulte etc.), satisfacţie;

satisfaction for an offence reparare a unei ofense;

to demand satisfaction for an insult a cere satisfacţie (prin duel);

to refuse smb. satisfaction a refuza de a da satisfacţie cuiva;

to make full / ample satisfaction to smb. a despăgubi din plin / total pe cineva;

in satisfaction of wrong done pentru despăgubirea unei daune, pentru repararea unei nedreptăţi.

3. potolire, satisfacere (a foamei, a unei pasiuni).

4. (at, with) satisfacţie, mulţumire (pentru, faţă de);

to give smb. satisfaction a mulţumi / a satisface pe cineva;

to give smb. cause for satisfaction a da cuiva un motiv de mulţumire / de satisfacţie;

to find satisfaction in smth. a-şi găsi mulţumirea în ceva;

to express satisfaction at a result a-şi exprima satisfacţia faţă de un rezultat;

I note with satisfaction that remarc cu plăcere că;

to look at smth. with satisfaction a se uita la ceva cu plăcere;

to his (entire) satisfaction spre marea lui mulţumire.

5. convingere, siguranţă.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

I declare, I do not know when I have heard any thing that has given me more satisfaction!

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

He stopped to dinner that evening, and, much to Ruth's satisfaction, made a favorable impression on her father.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

It was a great satisfaction to Elinor that Mrs. Jennings, by being much engaged in her own room, could see little of what was passing.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

Then he let her go; and as she ran into the little chamber where I used to sleep, looked round upon us, quite hot and out of breath with his uncommon satisfaction.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

The promised departure was all that Fanny could think of with much satisfaction.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

He’s coming to see how we take it. Don’t let him know that we know. We can deny him that satisfaction.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

When Mrs. Bennet was told of this, she did not express so much satisfaction as her children expected, considering what her anxiety for his life had been before.

(Pride and Prejudice, de Jane Austen)

Holmes gave an exclamation of satisfaction.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Suddenly he gave an exclamation of satisfaction and pointed to a single tree, which projected at a peculiar angle over the side of the stream.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Laurie watched her in respectful silence, and when she beckoned him to his sofa, he sat down with a sigh of satisfaction, saying gratefully...

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

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