Zur Befriedigung ihres Heißhungers wollte sie unbedingt den ganzen
Kuchen essen.
To satisfy her ravenous hunger she was determined to eat the entire
cake.Zur Befriedigung deiner Neugier kannst du ja mein Tagebuch
lesen.
To satisfy your curiosity you can always read my diary. (could be
ironic)Ihr großes Verlangen nach Sonnenuntergängen konnte an der
Westküste gestillt werden.
She was able to satisfy her great desire for sunsets on the west coast.See 112.5 (pp. 403–4) on stillen.
112.3 Satisfactory achievements
(a) Describing someone’s achievements as satisfactory, use:befriedigend ‘satisfactory’
zur vollen Zufriedenheit (+ gen.) ‘to the full satisfaction (of )’
zufrieden stellend ‘satisfactory’On a scale from least to most satisfactory, the following adverbs are used with
zufrieden sein mit:einigermaßen ‘somewhat’
ziemlich ‘rather’
recht ‘quite/pretty’Die Lehrerin ist mit seinem Fortschritt zufrieden.
The (female) teacher is satisfied with his progress.Der Lehrling hatte seine Probezeit zur vollen Zufriedenheit seines
Meisters abgeschlossen.
The apprentice had finished his probationary period to the full
satisfaction of his boss/foreman.(b) Achievements are expressed by:-r Fortschritt ‘progress’
-e Leistung ‘achievement’
-s Ergebnis ‘result’Seine Leistungen waren stets befriedigend.
His performance was always satisfactory.Das Ergebnis der Untersuchungen war zufrieden stellend.
The result of the investigations was satisfactory.112
CONVEYING ATTITUDES/MENTAL STATES