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BNC: 12119 COCA: 15116

contentment

noun
/kənˈtentmənt/
/kənˈtentmənt/
(also less frequent content)
[uncountable]
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  1. a feeling of being happy or satisfied满意;满足
    • He has found contentment at last.他最终得到了满足。
    • a sigh of contentment满足地舒一口气
    compare discontent
    Synonyms satisfactionsatisfaction
    • happiness
    • pride
    • contentment
    • fulfilment
    These are all words for the good feeling that you have when you are happy or when you have achieved something.
    • satisfaction the good feeling that you have when you have achieved something or when something that you wanted to happen does happen:
      • He derived great satisfaction from knowing that his son was happy.得知儿子很幸福他深感欣慰。
    • happiness the good feeling that you have when you are happy:
      • Money can’t buy you happiness.金钱不能为你买到幸福。
    • pride a feeling of being pleased or satisfied that you get when you or people who are connected with you have done something well or own something that other people admire:
      • The sight of her son graduating filled her with pride.儿子毕业的情景让她充满了自豪。
    • contentment (rather formal) a feeling of being happy or satisfied with what you have:
      • They found contentment in living a simple life.他们在简朴的生活中得到满足。
    • fulfilment a feeling of being happy or satisfied with what you do or have done:
      • her search for personal fulfilment她对个人成就的追求
    satisfaction, happiness, contentment or fulfilment?用 satisfaction、happiness、contentment 还是 fulfilment?You can feel satisfaction at achieving almost anything, small or large; you feel fulfilment when you do something useful and enjoyable with your life. Happiness is the feeling you have when things give you pleasure and can be quite a lively feeling; contentment is a quieter feeling that you get when you have learned to find pleasure in things.Patterns
    • satisfaction/​happiness/​pride/​contentment/​fulfilment in something
    • real satisfaction/​happiness/​pride/​contentment/​fulfilment
    • true satisfaction/​happiness/​contentment/​fulfilment
    • great satisfaction/​happiness/​pride
    • quiet satisfaction/​pride/​contentment
    • to feel satisfaction/​happiness/​pride/​contentment
    • to bring somebody satisfaction/​happiness/​pride/​contentment/​fulfilment
    • to find satisfaction/​happiness/​contentment/​fulfilment
    Extra Examples
    • She fell asleep in quiet contentment.她平静而满足地睡着了。
    • She sighed with contentment.她心满意足地舒了口气。
    • They finally found contentment in living a simple life.他们终于在简单的生活中得到了满足。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • quiet
    verb + contentment
    • find
    • feel
    preposition
    • with contentment
    phrases
    • a feeling of contentment
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    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the payment of a claim): from French contentement, from Latin contentus ‘satisfied’, past participle of continere from con- ‘altogether’ + tenere ‘to hold’.
BNC: 12119 COCA: 15116
contentment

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + CONTENTMENT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEdeep, quiet深感滿意;平靜而滿足He gazed out to sea, with a feeling of deep contentment.他凝視着大海,感到深深的滿足。She fell asleep in quiet contentment.她平靜而滿足地睡着了。VERB + CONTENTMENTfind找到滿足They finally found contentment in living a simple life.他們終於在簡單的生活中得到了滿足。feel感到滿足PREPOSITIONwith contentment滿足地She sighed with contentment.她心滿意足地舒了口氣。PHRASESa feeling of contentment滿足感
BNC: 12119 COCA: 15116
contentment noun
satisfaction
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contentment
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