Discontent
[dɪskən'tent] or [,dɪskən'tɛnt]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not content; discontented; dissatisfied.
(v. t.) To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
(n.) Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind; dissatisfaction; disquiet.
(n.) A discontented person; a malcontent.
編輯:朱尔斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Dissatisfaction, uneasiness, inquietude.
整理:莱缪尔
同義詞及反義詞：
[See CONTENT]
整理:莱克格斯
解釋/意思:
adj. not content: dissatisfied: ill-humoured: peevish.—n. want of content: dissatisfaction: ill-humour.—v.t. to deprive of content: to stir up to ill-will.—adj. Discontent′ed dissatisfied.—adv. Discontent′edly.—n. Discontent′edness.—adj. Discontent′ful.—p.adj. Discontent′ing not contenting or satisfying: (Shak.) discontented.—n. Discontent′ment the opposite of contentment: ill-humour.
达伦編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- To the silence of the preceding moment, now succeeded murmurs of discontent, and agitations, and whispers and shrugs. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- But his dread of any change in Dorothea was stronger than his discontent, and he began to speak again in a tone of mere explanation. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Wealth, I said, and poverty; the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- It was not merely that they were weazened and shrivelled--though they were certainly that too--but they looked absolutely ferocious with discontent. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She leaned back in a luxury of discontent. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- And, consequently, there is still discontent, I suppose? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- There was no refuge now from spiritual emptiness and discontent, and Dorothea had to bear her bad mood, as she would have borne a headache. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I became the victim of ingratitude and cold coquetry--then I desponded, and imagined that my discontent gave me a right to hate the world. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Realizing how men and women feel at all levels and at different places, he must speak their discontent and project their hopes. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But this memory of past discontent only served to enhance her present joy. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- This marring of the peace of home, by long hours of discontent, was what Margaret was unprepared for. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The studied indifference, insolence, and discontent of her husband gave her no pain; and when he scolded or abused her, she was highly diverted. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Money, public debts, and social unrest and discontent, re-enter upon the miniature stage of this _Outline_. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Their eyes met, but there was discontent in his, and in hers there was only sadness. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- They arouse discontent with conditions which fall below their measure; they create a demand for surroundings coming up to their own level. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- All the miseries and discontents of life he traces to insatiable selfishness. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- That crime has been the origin of every lesser one, and of all his present discontents. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
校對:路易丝