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GRE 红宝书

• adj. 知足的, 满意的; n. 内容;满意
• ［英］ adj. 知足的, 满意的 ( satisfied) ; n. 内容 ( what is contained) ; 满意 ( state of being content)
• ［记］ con+tent ( 拉) -> 全部拉开 -> 全身舒展 -> 满意
• ［同］ 派生词: contentment ( 顺从, 满足)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin contentus, from past participle of continēre to hold in, contain — more at contain
• Date: 15th century
• contented, satisfied <was content with her life as it was

II. transitive verb

• Date: 15th century
• 1. to appease the desires of
• 2. to limit (oneself) in requirements, desires, or actions

III. noun

• Date: 1579
• contentment te to his heart's content

IV. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin contentus, past participle of continēre to contain
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. something contained — usually used in plural<the jar's contents<the drawer's contents
  • b. the topics or matter treated in a written work <table of contents
  • c. the principal substance (as written matter, illustrations, or music) offered by a World Wide Web site <Internet users have evolved an ethos of free content in the Internet — Ben Gerson
• 2.
  • a. substance, gist
  • b. meaning, significance
  • c. the events, physical detail, and information in a work of art — compare form 10b
• 3.
  • a. the matter dealt with in a field of study
  • b. a part, element, or complex of parts
• 4. the amount of specified material contained ; proportion

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