Contentment
[kən'tentm(ə)nt] or [kən'tɛntmənt]
解释:
(v. t.) The state of being contented or satisfied; content.
(v. t.) The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.
(v. t.) Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction.
校对:内尔
同义词及近义词:
n. Satisfaction, ease, content.
手打:玛莎
例句:
- To the contentment of all he passed third in algebra, and got a French prize-book at the public Midsummer examination. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Beholding him in which glow of contentment, Mr. Guppy says, You are a man again, Tony! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- When this mutual contentment and satisfaction can be obtained betwixt the master and scholar, I know not what more we can require of our philosophy. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Contentment still I crave, Because Thou savest such. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- She was doing nothing with perfect contentment, and thinking herself charming. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- From such contentment poor Dorothea was shut out. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- But while they in health sported about her, she could cherish contentment and hope. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- I trod air; no doubt, no fear, no hope even, disturbed me; I clasped with my soul the fulness of contentment, satisfied, undesiring, beatified. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life, and my endeavours for contentment. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
整理:马提