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Latin Content Past Participle Satisfied Noun French Continere

正面 1742.content
英 [kən'tent]美 ['kɑntɛnt]

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释义:
n. 内容,目录;满足;容量adj. 满意的vt. 使满足n. (Content)人名;(法)孔唐
例句:
1. There are reports of widespread dis-content in the capital.有报道称首都弥漫着不满的情绪。

1. con- "together" + tent- "hold".2. => that which is contained.3. Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already has.
content 内容,满意的con-, 强调。-ten, 持有,握住,词源同tenable, tenure. 即包含于其中的,心满意足的。
contentcontent: The adjective and noun content come ultimately from the same source, but as their divergent pronunciations suggest, they reached English via different routes. Their common original is Latin contentus, past participle of continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’ (source of English contain, continent, continue, and countenance). The more recent borrowing, the noun content [15], comes directly from medieval Latin contentum, and retains the original meaning of the Latin verb.The adjective content [14], however, comes via Old French content, and reflects a metaphorical change in the Latin past participle from ‘contained’ via ‘restrained’ and ‘self-restrained’ to ‘satisfied’.=> contain, continent, continue, countenance, retentivecontent (adj.)c. 1400, from Old French content, "satisfied," from Latin contentus "contained, satisfied," past participle of continere (see contain). Related: Contently (largely superseded by contentedly).content (v.)early 15c., from Middle French contenter, from content (adj.) "satisfied," from Latin contentus "contained, satisfied," past participle of continere (see contain). Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already has. Related: Contented; contentedly.content (n.)"that which is contained," early 15c., from Latin contentum, contenta, noun use of past participle of continere (see contain). Meaning "satisfaction" is from 1570s; heart's content is from 1590s (Shakespeare)."

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