Adding more protein to the meal plan helped satisfy the athletes' increased nutrient requirements during training season.
在膳食计划中增加更多蛋白质,有助于满足运动员在训练季节增加营养需求。
Nutrition researcher Yuki Tanaka found that participants who ate meals with a colleague reported feeling more satisfied after eating than those who ate the same meals alone.
From a Cross-Text Connections question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “satisfy”?
A — To please, meet needs. “satisfy” means to please, meet needs.
Which word means “to please, meet needs”?
C — satisfy. “satisfy” means to please, meet needs.
satisfy — to please, meet needs. In Chinese: 使满意,符合.
satisfy is pronounced /ˈsætɪsfaɪ/.
Adding more protein to the meal plan helped satisfy the athletes' increased nutrient requirements during training season. (在膳食计划中增加更多蛋白质,有助于满足运动员在训练季节增加营养需求。)
fulfill, meet, gratify — all close in meaning to satisfy (to please, meet needs).
disappoint, frustrate — each the opposite of satisfy (to please, meet needs).
Yes. satisfy is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
satisfy (make someone pleased)