Definition of satisfactory in English:

satisfactory

adjectivesatɪsˈfakt(ə)riˌsædəsˈfæktəri

1Fulfilling expectations or needs; acceptable, though not outstanding or perfect.
令人满意的；可接受的
he didn't get a satisfactory answer
Example sentencesExamples
- We might or might not be able to suggest a satisfactory solution.
- From the outside, the car seems built to the highest quality, so the lack of a satisfactory clunk when the door closes are slightly disappointing.
- The knight began his journey to discover what women desire, but could find no satisfactory answers or responses.
- A patient's experience will not be satisfactory if the caregiver is too stretched to respond appropriately.
- The transformation problem is nothing else but a repeated attempt to give a satisfactory answer to the question of how prices are related to labour values.
- Admission to exams was open to students who had a satisfactory attendance record and who were deemed by teachers as likely to pass.
- We had many vets look at him to try and solve his problems, but without any satisfactory answers.
- Theo had asked him a number of times, but he never got a satisfactory answer.
- Finding at least partly satisfactory answers to these and similar employment-related problems, requires astute analysis.
- One of the chief means by which the drainage would be improved would be by the development of a more satisfactory means of disposing of sewage.
- Intermediate schools should be phased out as they are only satisfactory for pupils from better home backgrounds where the home influence is paramount.
- These are important research questions for which we do not yet have satisfactory answers.
- He kept asking the question but wasn't getting satisfactory answers.
- She stared levelly at me, demanding a satisfactory answer.
- If I was to stay here, I needed to find satisfactory answers to a couple of key questions.
- Although I have pondered and asked and experimented, I have yet to come up with a satisfactory answer to the question of what bestows on a person the right to belong in a culture.
- Your potential employee doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to come up with satisfactory answers to typical problems in the job they are applying for.
- For MacIntyre, moral questions can only be answered in a satisfactory way from within moral communities.
- I fear there is no satisfactory answer to this question.
- This measure would keep its creditors at bay until it can find a satisfactory solution to its troubles.
Synonyms
adequate, all right, acceptable, good enough, sufficient, sufficiently good, fine, in order, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, competent, reasonable, quite good, fair, decent, not bad, average, tolerable, passable, middling, moderate
presentable
suitable, convenient
informal OK, so-so, fair-to-middling
North American &amp Australian/New Zealand informal jake
1. 1.1 (of a patient in a hospital) not deteriorating or likely to die.
  （病人）未恶化的；没有生命危险的
  Mrs Reeves was ‘satisfactory and improving slightly’ in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night
  Example sentencesExamples
  If her medical condition is satisfactory, it is likely that one of the parties could have obtained her evidence and have submitted it to the court.
2. 1.2Law (of evidence or a verdict) sufficient for the needs of the case.
  〔律〕（证据，判决）满足案情需要的
  the verdict is safe and satisfactory
  判决公正恰当。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You have not produced satisfactory evidence of your identity, nationality or lawful basis to be in the United Kingdom.
  I do not consider the applicant has even now provided satisfactory evidence that she may be unfit to attend the bankruptcy hearing.
  There was no satisfactory evidence of the condition of the hull at Piraeus.
  I trust that this will be satisfactory evidence of my paternal relationship with Julian and look forward to a favourable reply from your department.
  The objective fact seems to be that there was no satisfactory evidence of damage.

Derivatives

satisfactoriness

nounˌsatɪsˈfakt(ə)rɪnəsˌsædəˈsfækt(ə)rinəs

In his textual criticism he used symbols to show his doubts of the genuineness or satisfactoriness of verses.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'leading to the atonement of sin'): from Old French satisfactoire or medieval Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfacere 'to content' (see satisfy). The current senses date from the mid 17th century.

sad from Old English:
The original meaning of sad in Old English was ‘having no more appetite, weary’. The word comes from the same root as Latin satis ‘enough’, the source of satiated, satisfactory, and satisfy (all LME), and the idea was similar to our expression fed up (early 20th century)—of being unhappy through being too ‘full’ of something. The word then developed through ‘firm, constant’ and ‘dignified, sober’ to our modern sense of ‘unhappy’ in the medieval period. In the 1990s ‘You're so sad!’ became the refrain of every teenager in the land, often to their parents. This use, meaning ‘pathetically inadequate or unfashionable’, was not completely new, and had been around since the 1930s. See also melancholy

Rhymes

factory, manufactory, olfactory, phylactery, refractory

Definition of satisfactory in US English:

satisfactory

adjectiveˌsædəsˈfæktəriˌsadəsˈfaktərē

1Fulfilling expectations or needs; acceptable, though not outstanding or perfect.
令人满意的；可接受的
the brakes are satisfactory if not particularly powerful
刹车不是特别强劲，但还算可以。
Example sentencesExamples
- This measure would keep its creditors at bay until it can find a satisfactory solution to its troubles.
- A patient's experience will not be satisfactory if the caregiver is too stretched to respond appropriately.
- The knight began his journey to discover what women desire, but could find no satisfactory answers or responses.
- If I was to stay here, I needed to find satisfactory answers to a couple of key questions.
- We had many vets look at him to try and solve his problems, but without any satisfactory answers.
- She stared levelly at me, demanding a satisfactory answer.
- Admission to exams was open to students who had a satisfactory attendance record and who were deemed by teachers as likely to pass.
- He kept asking the question but wasn't getting satisfactory answers.
- The transformation problem is nothing else but a repeated attempt to give a satisfactory answer to the question of how prices are related to labour values.
- I fear there is no satisfactory answer to this question.
- For MacIntyre, moral questions can only be answered in a satisfactory way from within moral communities.
- We might or might not be able to suggest a satisfactory solution.
- Theo had asked him a number of times, but he never got a satisfactory answer.
- Although I have pondered and asked and experimented, I have yet to come up with a satisfactory answer to the question of what bestows on a person the right to belong in a culture.
- One of the chief means by which the drainage would be improved would be by the development of a more satisfactory means of disposing of sewage.
- From the outside, the car seems built to the highest quality, so the lack of a satisfactory clunk when the door closes are slightly disappointing.
- These are important research questions for which we do not yet have satisfactory answers.
- Finding at least partly satisfactory answers to these and similar employment-related problems, requires astute analysis.
- Your potential employee doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to come up with satisfactory answers to typical problems in the job they are applying for.
- Intermediate schools should be phased out as they are only satisfactory for pupils from better home backgrounds where the home influence is paramount.
Synonyms
adequate, all right, acceptable, good enough, sufficient, sufficiently good, fine, in order, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, competent, reasonable, quite good, fair, decent, not bad, average, tolerable, passable, middling, moderate
1. 1.1 (of a patient in a hospital) not deteriorating or likely to die.
  （病人）未恶化的；没有生命危险的
  Example sentencesExamples
  If her medical condition is satisfactory, it is likely that one of the parties could have obtained her evidence and have submitted it to the court.
2. 1.2Law (of evidence or a verdict) sufficient for the needs of the case.
  〔律〕（证据，判决）满足案情需要的
  Example sentencesExamples
  You have not produced satisfactory evidence of your identity, nationality or lawful basis to be in the United Kingdom.
  There was no satisfactory evidence of the condition of the hull at Piraeus.
  I trust that this will be satisfactory evidence of my paternal relationship with Julian and look forward to a favourable reply from your department.
  The objective fact seems to be that there was no satisfactory evidence of damage.
  I do not consider the applicant has even now provided satisfactory evidence that she may be unfit to attend the bankruptcy hearing.

Usage

The adjectives satisfactory and satisfying are closely related (both deriving from the Latin satis ‘enough’ + facere ‘to make’), but there is an important distinction. Satisfactory denotes the meeting or fulfillment of expectations, standards, or requirements: the car's satisfactory performance in its first three road tests. Satisfying denotes the same, but goes further to connote the pleasure or enjoyment derived from the satisfaction: it was a satisfying one-dish meal

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘leading to the atonement of sin’): from Old French satisfactoire or medieval Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfacere ‘to content’ (see satisfy). The current senses date from the mid 17th century.

单词	satisfactory
释义	Definition of satisfactory in English: satisfactory adjectivesatɪsˈfakt(ə)riˌsædəsˈfæktəri 1Fulfilling expectations or needs; acceptable, though not outstanding or perfect. 令人满意的；可接受的 he didn't get a satisfactory answer Example sentencesExamples We might or might not be able to suggest a satisfactory solution. From the outside, the car seems built to the highest quality, so the lack of a satisfactory clunk when the door closes are slightly disappointing. The knight began his journey to discover what women desire, but could find no satisfactory answers or responses. A patient's experience will not be satisfactory if the caregiver is too stretched to respond appropriately. The transformation problem is nothing else but a repeated attempt to give a satisfactory answer to the question of how prices are related to labour values. Admission to exams was open to students who had a satisfactory attendance record and who were deemed by teachers as likely to pass. We had many vets look at him to try and solve his problems, but without any satisfactory answers. Theo had asked him a number of times, but he never got a satisfactory answer. Finding at least partly satisfactory answers to these and similar employment-related problems, requires astute analysis. One of the chief means by which the drainage would be improved would be by the development of a more satisfactory means of disposing of sewage. Intermediate schools should be phased out as they are only satisfactory for pupils from better home backgrounds where the home influence is paramount. These are important research questions for which we do not yet have satisfactory answers. He kept asking the question but wasn't getting satisfactory answers. She stared levelly at me, demanding a satisfactory answer. If I was to stay here, I needed to find satisfactory answers to a couple of key questions. Although I have pondered and asked and experimented, I have yet to come up with a satisfactory answer to the question of what bestows on a person the right to belong in a culture. Your potential employee doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to come up with satisfactory answers to typical problems in the job they are applying for. For MacIntyre, moral questions can only be answered in a satisfactory way from within moral communities. I fear there is no satisfactory answer to this question. This measure would keep its creditors at bay until it can find a satisfactory solution to its troubles. Synonyms adequate, all right, acceptable, good enough, sufficient, sufficiently good, fine, in order, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, competent, reasonable, quite good, fair, decent, not bad, average, tolerable, passable, middling, moderate presentable suitable, convenient informal OK, so-so, fair-to-middling North American &amp Australian/New Zealand informal jake 1.1 (of a patient in a hospital) not deteriorating or likely to die. （病人）未恶化的；没有生命危险的 Mrs Reeves was ‘satisfactory and improving slightly’ in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night Example sentencesExamples If her medical condition is satisfactory, it is likely that one of the parties could have obtained her evidence and have submitted it to the court. 1.2Law (of evidence or a verdict) sufficient for the needs of the case. 〔律〕（证据，判决）满足案情需要的 the verdict is safe and satisfactory 判决公正恰当。 Example sentencesExamples You have not produced satisfactory evidence of your identity, nationality or lawful basis to be in the United Kingdom. I do not consider the applicant has even now provided satisfactory evidence that she may be unfit to attend the bankruptcy hearing. There was no satisfactory evidence of the condition of the hull at Piraeus. I trust that this will be satisfactory evidence of my paternal relationship with Julian and look forward to a favourable reply from your department. The objective fact seems to be that there was no satisfactory evidence of damage. Derivatives satisfactoriness nounˌsatɪsˈfakt(ə)rɪnəsˌsædəˈsfækt(ə)rinəs In his textual criticism he used symbols to show his doubts of the genuineness or satisfactoriness of verses. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'leading to the atonement of sin'): from Old French satisfactoire or medieval Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfacere 'to content' (see satisfy). The current senses date from the mid 17th century. sad from Old English: The original meaning of sad in Old English was ‘having no more appetite, weary’. The word comes from the same root as Latin satis ‘enough’, the source of satiated, satisfactory, and satisfy (all LME), and the idea was similar to our expression fed up (early 20th century)—of being unhappy through being too ‘full’ of something. The word then developed through ‘firm, constant’ and ‘dignified, sober’ to our modern sense of ‘unhappy’ in the medieval period. In the 1990s ‘You're so sad!’ became the refrain of every teenager in the land, often to their parents. This use, meaning ‘pathetically inadequate or unfashionable’, was not completely new, and had been around since the 1930s. See also melancholy Rhymes factory, manufactory, olfactory, phylactery, refractory Definition of satisfactory in US English: satisfactory adjectiveˌsædəsˈfæktəriˌsadəsˈfaktərē 1Fulfilling expectations or needs; acceptable, though not outstanding or perfect. 令人满意的；可接受的 the brakes are satisfactory if not particularly powerful 刹车不是特别强劲，但还算可以。 Example sentencesExamples This measure would keep its creditors at bay until it can find a satisfactory solution to its troubles. A patient's experience will not be satisfactory if the caregiver is too stretched to respond appropriately. The knight began his journey to discover what women desire, but could find no satisfactory answers or responses. If I was to stay here, I needed to find satisfactory answers to a couple of key questions. We had many vets look at him to try and solve his problems, but without any satisfactory answers. She stared levelly at me, demanding a satisfactory answer. Admission to exams was open to students who had a satisfactory attendance record and who were deemed by teachers as likely to pass. He kept asking the question but wasn't getting satisfactory answers. The transformation problem is nothing else but a repeated attempt to give a satisfactory answer to the question of how prices are related to labour values. I fear there is no satisfactory answer to this question. For MacIntyre, moral questions can only be answered in a satisfactory way from within moral communities. We might or might not be able to suggest a satisfactory solution. Theo had asked him a number of times, but he never got a satisfactory answer. Although I have pondered and asked and experimented, I have yet to come up with a satisfactory answer to the question of what bestows on a person the right to belong in a culture. One of the chief means by which the drainage would be improved would be by the development of a more satisfactory means of disposing of sewage. From the outside, the car seems built to the highest quality, so the lack of a satisfactory clunk when the door closes are slightly disappointing. These are important research questions for which we do not yet have satisfactory answers. Finding at least partly satisfactory answers to these and similar employment-related problems, requires astute analysis. Your potential employee doesn't need to be a rocket scientist to come up with satisfactory answers to typical problems in the job they are applying for. Intermediate schools should be phased out as they are only satisfactory for pupils from better home backgrounds where the home influence is paramount. Synonyms adequate, all right, acceptable, good enough, sufficient, sufficiently good, fine, in order, up to scratch, up to the mark, up to standard, up to par, competent, reasonable, quite good, fair, decent, not bad, average, tolerable, passable, middling, moderate 1.1 (of a patient in a hospital) not deteriorating or likely to die. （病人）未恶化的；没有生命危险的 Example sentencesExamples If her medical condition is satisfactory, it is likely that one of the parties could have obtained her evidence and have submitted it to the court. 1.2Law (of evidence or a verdict) sufficient for the needs of the case. 〔律〕（证据，判决）满足案情需要的 Example sentencesExamples You have not produced satisfactory evidence of your identity, nationality or lawful basis to be in the United Kingdom. There was no satisfactory evidence of the condition of the hull at Piraeus. I trust that this will be satisfactory evidence of my paternal relationship with Julian and look forward to a favourable reply from your department. The objective fact seems to be that there was no satisfactory evidence of damage. I do not consider the applicant has even now provided satisfactory evidence that she may be unfit to attend the bankruptcy hearing. Usage The adjectives satisfactory and satisfying are closely related (both deriving from the Latin satis ‘enough’ + facere ‘to make’), but there is an important distinction. Satisfactory denotes the meeting or fulfillment of expectations, standards, or requirements: the car's satisfactory performance in its first three road tests. Satisfying denotes the same, but goes further to connote the pleasure or enjoyment derived from the satisfaction: it was a satisfying one-dish meal Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘leading to the atonement of sin’): from Old French satisfactoire or medieval Latin satisfactorius, from Latin satisfacere ‘to content’ (see satisfy). The current senses date from the mid 17th century.
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