It means doing the tough things first and looking downstream for gratification and rewards.

Carlo leaned back , his face flushed with gratification.

卡罗靠在椅背上,感激涕零, 满面红光.

教父部分

Some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it.

有些男人认为专注于家务太没有男子气; 但有一些人却从中得到满足.

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The nuisance of her presence before me outweighs the gratification to be derived from tormenting her.

她在我跟前所引起我的厌恶已经超出我折磨她时所得到的满足了.

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It gives him practice in delaying gratification and tolerating frustration.

这也是让他练习延迟欲望和容忍不满.

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The startling results that we are doing things faster than ever before, and demanding instant gratification.

令人惊异的调查结果表明,英国人的生活步调比以前任何时候都要快, 并且执著于立即能得到的满足感.

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The guide received a gratification.

这个向导收到了一笔酬金.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

" The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results. "

喜悦来自于过程而非结果.

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The ability to delay gratification , like most skills, correlates with socioeconomic status and parenting styles.

自制力像大多数的技巧一样, 跟社会经济状况以及父母的教育方式有关.

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My son's success is a great gratification to me.

我儿子的成功对我来说是件很棒的快事.

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All the desires and designs of worldlings are for the gratification of self.

虽然世界上仍有许多地方称道?的名,但世界却已与?一刀两断.

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Why do we have high living standard but without having our hearts filled with gratification?

我们的生活水准这麽高,为何不见喜悦满怀.

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We work tirelessly and are not content until you, our customer gains gratification.

客户的满意即是我们最大的成功.

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Which is the ability to delay gratification.

这就是[满足延迟]的能力.

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I will not deny that Mr. Harding felt gratified by such flattery.

我并不否认,哈丁先生听到这些恭维话后,觉得很高兴.

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She was gratified by her son's success.

她对儿子的成功感到欣慰.

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He seemed quite gratified by my ready recongnition.

我一下子就的把他认了出来,这使他似乎感到挺高兴.

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Mr. Dambar was gratified by his response.

丹巴尔先生对他的回答感到满意。

《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

I was gratified with the news [ at the result ].

我听到那消息 [ 结果 ] 感到欣慰.

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It gratified him to think that it was all his work.

他想到这都是他的工作成果，感到十分欣慰。

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It gratified me to know that she would soon be well again.

得知她将很快就恢复健康,使我十分高兴.

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