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单词 content
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contentadjective [ after verb ]

uk/kənˈtent/us/kənˈtent/

B2 pleased with your situation and not hoping for change or improvement:

He seems fairly content with (his) life.
[ + to infinitive ] They're content to socialize with a very small circle of people.

More examples

  • I was just content to see my daughter in such a stable relationship but a grandchild, that really was the icing on the cake.
  • I'd be content with a modest income.
  • He's quite content living on his own.
  • I'm content to sit at the back.
  • They were content with second hand clothes.

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Satisfied and complacent

  • at one with the world idiom
  • be on to a good thing idiom
  • complacency
  • complacent
  • gloat
  • life
  • pride
  • rest
  • rest on your laurels idiom
  • run
  • sate
  • sated
  • satiate
  • self-fulfilment
  • self-satisfied
  • smug
  • smugly
  • that'll do nicely idiom
  • thing
  • world

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contentment
noun [ U ] uk/kənˈtent.mənt/us/kənˈtent.mənt/also content

His face wore a look of pure contentment.

Idiom(s)

not content with sth/doing sth

contentnoun

uk/ˈkɒn.tent/us/ˈkɑːn.tent/

content noun (SUBJECT)

contents [ plural ]

More examples

  • It's plain reporting of the facts - there's not much editorial content .
  • The content of her report is shrouded in secrecy .
  • Newspapers carried the content of his speech.
  • He told me the content of the letter.

B2 the articles or parts contained in a magazine or book, with the number of the page they begin on:

the table of (= list of) contents
the contents page

B2 [ S or U ] the ideas that are contained in a piece of writing, a speech, or a film:

It's a very stylish and beautiful film, but it lacks content.
We've discussed the unusual form of the book - now, what about the content?

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Books & parts of books

  • addendum
  • artwork
  • bibliography
  • binder
  • binding
  • blurb
  • chapter
  • erratum
  • extract
  • flyleaf
  • folio
  • foreword
  • frontispiece
  • library
  • margin
  • monograph
  • preface
  • prologue
  • serial
  • table

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Ideas, concepts and theories

content noun (AMOUNT)

contents [ plural ]

More examples

  • Chemical analysis revealed a high content of copper.
  • The cheaper food has a high water content.
  • They have promised to reduce the salt content in their pizzas.

B1 everything that is contained within something:

The contents of his bag spilled all over the floor.
He didn't need to open the letter because he already knew the contents.

C2 [ S ] the amount of a particular substance contained in something:

Chocolate has a high fat content.

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Including and containing

  • (right) down to idiom
  • assimilate
  • build sth in/into sth
  • built-in
  • cast
  • cast your net wide idiom
  • catholic
  • factor
  • factor sth in
  • figure
  • forget
  • inbuilt
  • incl
  • include
  • pack
  • package
  • rich
  • subsume
  • throw sth in
  • wide-ranging

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General words for size and amount

contentverb [ T ]

uk/kənˈtent/us/kənˈtent/

to make someone feel happy and satisfied:

You're quite easily contented, aren't you?
My explanation seemed to content him.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Causing pleasure

  • agreeable
  • all things to all people idiom
  • attractive
  • banging
  • be better than sex idiom
  • brighten
  • dreamy
  • ducky
  • enchant
  • engaging
  • enjoyable
  • jolly
  • keep sb sweet idiom
  • knock
  • leafy
  • lighten
  • lovely
  • make sb's day idiom
  • quench
  • tickle

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Phrasal verb(s)

content yourself with sth
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