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Contentment Feel Sense It’s Feeling 英 Kən'tentmənt] 美 Kən'tentmənt

英语单词 contentment
英美音标 英 [kən'tentmənt] 美 [kən'tentmənt]
中文释义 n.满足;使人满足的事
英语例句 (1) He found contentment in reading novels.
(2) She was swollen with contentment.
中文例句 (1) 他从看小说当中得到满足。
(2) 她感到十分满足。
vocabulary简明 Contentment is the state of being happy and satisfied. On Thanksgiving when you think about all you are grateful for, hopefully you feel a sense of contentment. If not, have another piece of pie and then you’ll feel contentment.
vocabulary扩展 Contentment isn’t an excited kind of happy, it’s more like a peaceful ease of mind. It’s being satisfied with what you have, whatever that is. You might feel a sense of contentment knowing you have a cup of hot chocolate and a good movie to look forward to tonight. Or you might experience contentment thinking about the vast estate you just purchased in the Hamptons. Whatever is going on in your life, you’re pleased about it.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]满意;满足 Contentment is a feeling of quiet happiness and satisfaction.
  • I cannot describe the feeling of contentment that was with me at that time.

    我无法描述当时我满足的感觉。

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