摘要：今天要说的slake/sleɪk/ 与之同源，最初意思也一样，到了13世纪，开始有减轻，减弱力量或强度，熄灭等义。14世纪后至今，经过演变后的词义仍有之前的影子。
大学6级词汇中，有一个 slack/slæk/， "松弛的，懈怠的"之意。
今天要说的 slake/sleɪk/ 与之同源，最初意思也一样，到了13世纪，开始有减轻，减弱力量或强度，熄灭等义。14世纪后至今，经过演变后的词义仍有之前的影子。
词义
slake 有"消除"，"满足"两个意思，后面的宾语常为 thirst (口渴，欲望), lust (情欲，欲望), appetite (胃口) 等词。
I slake my thirst with a beer after taking exercise.
做完运动后，我总是喝杯啤酒解解渴。
I don't think Dick will ever manage to slake his lust for power.
我认为迪克对权力的欲望永远也不会得到满足。
We are savage warriors, eager to slake our endless thirst for conquest. - Toy Story That Time Forgot
我们是野蛮战士，正想满足我们无穷的征服欲望。-《玩具总动员之遗忘的时光》
satisfy /'sætɪsfaɪ/：满足 (中)
content /kən'tent/：满足 (中)
appease /ə'pi:z/：平息 (6)
soothe /su:ð/：平息 (6)
quench /kwentʃ/：止(渴)，抑制 (研)
gratify /'grætɪfaɪ/：满足 (T)
conciliate /kən'sɪlɪeɪt/：平息 (T)
quell /kwel/：抑制 (T)
assuage /ə'sweɪdʒ/：平息 (G)
pacify /'pæsɪfaɪ/：平息 (G)
mollify /'mɑːlɪfaɪ/：平息 (G)
placate /pleɪkeɪt/：平息 (G)
sate /seɪt/：满足 (G)
satiate /'seɪʃɪeɪt/：满足 (G)
影视
△Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (《加勒比海盗：黑珍珠的诅咒》2003)
名著
One year and three months. During all that time Lucie was never sure, from hour to hour, but that the Guillotine would strike off her husband's head next day. Every day, through the stony streets, the tumbrils now jolted heavily, filled with Condemned. Lovely girls; bright women, brown-haired, black-haired, and grey; youths; stalwart men and old; gentle born and peasant born; all red wine for La Guillotine, all daily brought into light from the dark cellars of the loathsome prisons, and carried to her through the streets to slake her devouring thirst.
- Chapter 5, Book 3 of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
一年零三个月。在这段时间里露西无时无刻不感到断头台明天就会砍掉她丈夫的头。囚车每天都载满了死刑犯，颠簸着沉重地驰过街道。可爱的姑娘，漂亮的妇女；棕色头发的，黑色头发的，花白头发的；年轻的人，壮实的人，衰老的人；贵族出身的，农民出身的，都是断头台小姐的一杯杯红色的美酒，都是每天从监狱可憎的黑暗地窖里取出，来到阳光下，通过街道给小姐送去消解她的馋渴的美酒。
-查尔斯·狄更斯《双城记》第3部第5章
来源：学无用的英语