contentment

noun

/kənˈtentmənt/

(also less frequent content)

[uncountable]

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 satisfaction
satisfaction
- 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
- 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。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- deep
- quiet
verb + contentment
- find
- feel
preposition
- with contentment
phrases
- a feeling of contentment
词源late 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’.

词汇	contentment
释义	contentment noun /kənˈtentmənt/ /kənˈtentmənt/ (also less frequent content) [uncountable] 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 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。 Collocations Dictionaryadjective deep quiet verb + contentment find feel preposition with contentment phrases a feeling of contentment 词源late 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’.
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