fulfillment

/fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/ (bre, ipa) · /fʊlˈfɪl.mənt/ (ame, ipa) · /fu̇(l)-ˈfil-mənt also fə(l)-/ (ame, mw)

fulfillment — 名詞

  • fulfillmentsingular
  • fulfillmentsplural

1. the happy feeling you get when you have achieved something you wanted or worked

1.名詞B2
釋義

成就感;實現

達成目標後的滿足感

the happy feeling you get when you have achieved something you wanted or worked hard for; the act of making a wish, promise, or goal come true

例句

Mei found great fulfillment in her work as a nurse helping children recover.

Mei 在幫助兒童康復的護理工作中找到了極大的成就感。

find fulfillment in [something]

Running a small bakery brought Javier a deep sense of personal fulfillment.

經營一家小麵包店為 Javier 帶來了深深的個人成就感。

sense of personal fulfillment

同義詞
  • satisfaction

    broader term; satisfaction can come from small pleasures, while fulfillment implies deeper, goal-related achievement

  • achievement

    focuses on the completed goal itself rather than the emotional reward

  • accomplishment

    similar to achievement but often suggests a skill-based or challenging task was completed

  • contentment

    a quieter, longer-lasting happiness with what you have, not necessarily tied to achieving goals

反義詞
  • disappointment

    the unhappy feeling when your hopes or goals are not achieved

  • frustration

    the annoyed feeling when something prevents you from achieving your goals

文法句型

fulfillment + of + noun phrase

sense of fulfillment

find fulfillment in [something]

用法筆記

Uncountable — you cannot say 'a fulfillment' or 'fulfillments'. Often appears in the patterns 'find fulfillment in [activity]', 'a sense of fulfillment', and 'the fulfillment of [a goal/dream/promise]'.

常見錯誤

I got a lot of fulfillment from that pizza.
I got a lot of satisfaction from that pizza.
💡Fulfillment comes from achieving important goals, not from everyday pleasures.
She had many fulfillments in her life.
She found a lot of fulfillment in her life.
💡Fulfillment is uncountable; use 'a lot of' instead of 'many'.