content

詞意辨析：

satisfaction, content

這一對名詞都有滿足的意思。
satisfaction: 滿足，為名詞，指達到希望時所感覺到的較強的滿足感，其形容詞為satisfactory（指事物，不可用人作主語）或satisfied（可用人作主語）。

• 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.
  我對你的成功感到滿意。

content: 強調安於現狀或知足常樂。

• 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.
  他滿足於住在鄉下。

詞型變化：

動詞過去式:contented 過去分詞:contented 現在分詞:contenting 第三人稱單數:contents 

英文解釋：

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

 

相關句子：

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，所以只能去上海度假了。
2. He is quite content with his present fortune.
   他對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.
   我喜歡他的寫作風格，但是不喜歡他的內容。