He was gratified to hear that his idea had been confirmed.是什么意思？

He was gratified to hear that his idea had been confirmed.

听到自己的想法得到了认可，他感到很开心。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

was

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去式 ），在，存在，不受干扰；

例句
There was a terrible sadness in her eyes...
她眼神中流露出深深的悲伤。

gratified

v. 使高兴，使满意( gratify的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
Mr. Dambar was gratified by his response.
丹巴尔先生对他的回答感到满意。

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建议你把它留给专家来解决。

hear

vt.& vi. 听到，听见；vt. 听说，得知，听取，审理；vi. 听，听见；

例句
When I listen to her play I can hear a new Nigel Kennedy.
从她的演奏中我听出了新一代的奈杰尔·肯尼迪。

that

det. 那个，那；pron. 那个，那；conj. 多么，如此…以至，用于某些动词、形容词和名词后，引出各种从句；adv. 不那么，那样；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

idea

n. 主意，想法，[哲]理念，观念，[乐]乐句，模糊想法；

例句
It is often a good idea to start with smaller, easily achievable goals.
一开始把目标定得低一点、容易实现一点，总不失为一个好主意。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

been

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去分词 ），在，存在，不受干扰，去过了，be的过去分词；

例句
Have you been able to have any kind of contact?...
你联系上了吗？

confirmed

adj. 确认的，坚定的，根深蒂固的；v. 批准(confirm的过去式和过去分词)，证实；

例句
This album confirmed The Orb's status as national stars, going straight to Number One in the charts...
这张专辑确立了The Orb作为全国明星的地位，销量直升至排行榜首位。