Contentment
[kən'tentm(ə)nt] or [kən'tɛntmənt]
解釋/意思:
(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.
校對:内尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Satisfaction, ease, content.
手打:玛莎
例句/造句/用法:
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Beholding him in which glow of contentment, Mr. Guppy says, You are a man again, Tony! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- 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. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Contentment still I crave, Because Thou savest such. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She was doing nothing with perfect contentment, and thinking herself charming. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- From such contentment poor Dorothea was shut out. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But while they in health sported about her, she could cherish contentment and hope. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I trod air; no doubt, no fear, no hope even, disturbed me; I clasped with my soul the fulness of contentment, satisfied, undesiring, beatified. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Chase away your idle fears; to you alone do I consecrate my life, and my endeavours for contentment. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
整理:马提