content

satisfaction, content

这一对名词都有满足的意思。
satisfaction: 满足，为名词，指达到希望时所感觉到的较强的满足感，其形容词为satisfactory（指事物，不可用人作主语）或satisfied（可用人作主语）。

• his success gave me great satisfaction.
  他的成功令我非常满意。
• your work is satisfactory.
  你的工作令人满意。
• i am satisfied at your success.
  我对你的成功感到满意。

content: 强调安于现状或知足常乐。

• he takes content in nothing.
  他这人从不知足。
• he takes content in everything.
  他这人容易满足。
• he is content to live in the countryside.
  他满足于住在乡下。

名词 content:

1. everything that is included in a collection
2. what a communication that is about something is about
   同义词：message, subject matter, substance
3. the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
4. the amount that can be contained
   同义词：capacity
5. the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
   同义词：cognitive content, mental object
6. the state of being contented with your situation in life
   同义词：contentedness
7. something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
   同义词：subject, depicted object

动词 content:

1. satisfy in a limited way
2. make content

形容词 content:

1. satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
   同义词：contented

1. We can't go abroad this year, so we'll have to content ourselves with a holiday in Shanghai.
   今年我们不能出国，所以只能去上海度假了。
2. He is quite content with his present fortune.
   他对自己目前的境遇颇为得意。
3. I like the style of his writing but I don't like the content.
   我喜欢他的写作风格，但是不喜欢他的内容。

content

n.（名词）
Often contents Something contained, as in a receptacle:
常作 contents 容纳物：（如容器中）所容纳的东西：
例句：
the contents of my desk drawer; the contents of an aerosol can.
我书桌抽屉里的所有东西；喷雾罐的内容物

Often contents The subject matter of a written work, such as a book or magazine.
常作 contents 内容：文字作品的主题内容，如著作或杂志

The substantive or meaningful part:
意旨：实质性的或有意义的部分：
例句：
.The brain is hungry not for method but for content, especially content which contains generalizations that are powerful, precise, and explicit.(Frederick Turner)
.大脑迫切需要的不是方法，而是意义，尤其是包含了有力、准确及明晰的通则.(弗雷德里克·特纳)

The meaning or significance of a literary or artistic work.
含义：文学或艺品作品中的含义或意义
The proportion of a specified substance:
比例：某种特定物质的比例：
例句：
Eggs have a high protein content.
鸡蛋含有很高的蛋白质

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Medieval Latin contentum
源自 中世纪拉丁语 contentum
neuter past participle of Latin continôre [to contain] * see contain
拉丁语 continôre的中性过去分词 [包含] *参见 contain

content
content 2

adj.（形容词）
Desiring no more than what one has; satisfied.
满意的：不再有所求的；满意的
Ready to accept or acquiesce; willing:
情愿的：愿意接受或默认的；甘愿的：
例句：
She was content to step down after four years as chief executive.
她在担任了四年主管之后甘愿让位

v.tr.（及物动词）
con.tent.ed,con.tent.ing,con.tents
To make content or satisfied:
使…满意或满足：
例句：
contented himself with one piece of cake.
（他）吃了一块蛋糕非常地满足

n.（名词）
Contentment; satisfaction.
满足；满意

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin contentus [past participle of] continôre [to restrain] * see contain
源自 拉丁语 contentus [] continôre的过去分词 [抑制] *参见 contain