satisfaction, content

• his success gave me great satisfaction.
  他的成功令我非常滿意。
• your work is satisfactory.
  你的工作令人滿意。
• i am satisfied at your success.
  我對(duì)你的成功感到滿意。

• he takes content in nothing.
  他這人從不知足。
• he takes content in everything.
  他這人容易滿足。
• he is content to live in the countryside.
  他滿足于住在鄉(xiāng)下。

名詞 content:

1. everything that is included in a collection
2. what a communication that is about something is about
   同義詞：message, subject matter, substance
3. the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
4. the amount that can be contained
   同義詞：capacity
5. the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
   同義詞：cognitive content, mental object
6. the state of being contented with your situation in life
   同義詞：contentedness
7. something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
   同義詞：subject, depicted object

動(dòng)詞 content:

1. satisfy in a limited way
2. make content

形容詞 content:

1. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
   同義詞：contented

1. We can't go abroad this year, so we'll have to content ourselves with a holiday in Shanghai.
   今年我們不能出國(guó)，所以只能去上海度假了。
2. He is quite content with his present fortune.
   他對(duì)自己目前的境遇頗為得意。
3. I like the style of his writing but I don't like the content.
   我喜歡他的寫作風(fēng)格，但是不喜歡他的內(nèi)容。

content

n.（名詞）
Often contents Something contained, as in a receptacle:
常作 contents 容納物：（如容器中）所容納的東西：
例句：
the contents of my desk drawer; the contents of an aerosol can.
我書桌抽屜里的所有東西；噴霧罐的內(nèi)容物

Often contents The subject matter of a written work, such as a book or magazine.
常作 contents 內(nèi)容：文字作品的主題內(nèi)容，如著作或雜志

The substantive or meaningful part:
意旨：實(shí)質(zhì)性的或有意義的部分：
例句：
.The brain is hungry not for method but for content, especially content which contains generalizations that are powerful, precise, and explicit.(Frederick Turner)
.大腦迫切需要的不是方法，而是意義，尤其是包含了有力、準(zhǔn)確及明晰的通則.(弗雷德里克·特納)

The meaning or significance of a literary or artistic work.
含義：文學(xué)或藝品作品中的含義或意義
The proportion of a specified substance:
比例：某種特定物質(zhì)的比例：
例句：
Eggs have a high protein content.
雞蛋含有很高的蛋白質(zhì)

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Medieval Latin contentum
源自 中世紀(jì)拉丁語(yǔ) contentum
neuter past participle of Latin continôre [to contain] * see contain
拉丁語(yǔ) continôre的中性過(guò)去分詞 [包含] *參見(jiàn) contain

content
content 2

adj.（形容詞）
Desiring no more than what one has; satisfied.
滿意的：不再有所求的；滿意的
Ready to accept or acquiesce; willing:
情愿的：愿意接受或默認(rèn)的；甘愿的：
例句：
She was content to step down after four years as chief executive.
她在擔(dān)任了四年主管之后甘愿讓位

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
con.tent.ed,con.tent.ing,con.tents
To make content or satisfied:
使…滿意或滿足：
例句：
contented himself with one piece of cake.
（他）吃了一塊蛋糕非常地滿足

n.（名詞）
Contentment; satisfaction.
滿足；滿意

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin contentus [past participle of] continôre [to restrain] * see contain
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) contentus [] continôre的過(guò)去分詞 [抑制] *參見(jiàn) contain