1. 程度差异 -- satisfy 强调完全满足需求或要求(程度较强) 如:The meal satisfied his hunger.(这顿饭充分缓解了他的饥饿) -- content 表示基本满意但未达极致(程度较弱) 如:She was content with a modest income.(她对微薄收入已感满足)
Satisfy, 【content】 can both mean to appease desires or longings. The same distinctions in implications are also found in their corresponding adjectives satisfied and 【content】 or contented.
Satisfy implies full appeasement not only of a person's desires or longings but also of his needs or requirements.
【Content】 implies appeasement to the point where one is not disquieted or disturbed by a desire for what he does not have, even though every wish is not fully gratified.