Word · Frequency #1281
content
使满足；使满意
核心释义
to give someone contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy or make happy
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使满足；使满意；使高兴
To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.
使满足；使满意；使高兴；使...满足；使...安心；[计] 内容
用法In use
A simple glass of water contented him after the long hike.
用法提示：本句中 contented 作为动词的过去式，意为“使满足”。
She contents herself with a quiet life in the countryside.
用法提示：本句中 contents 作为动词的第三人称单数，意为“使满足”。
The manager contented the angry customer with a full refund.
用法提示：本句中 contented 作为动词的过去式，意为“使满意/使安心”。
content oneself with sth
content oneself with 表示“以……为满足”，常用于书面语，with 后接名词或代词。
He contented himself with a few slices of bread.
他满足于几片面包。
content sb
content 作及物动词，直接接宾语，表示“使某人满足、满意”。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- content oneself with
- 满足于；以…为满足
- Since he could not afford a new car, he contented himself with a used one.由于买不起新车，他只好满足于一辆二手车。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- content oneself with something
- 满足于……；以……为满足He contented himself with a small piece of cake.他只好满足于一小块蛋糕。
近义词Synonyms
- satisfy
- 满足（需求、期望）；使满意 · 与 content 最接近，常指满足具体需求或期望，语义更直接、更常用。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：帐篷(tent)搭得正好，住在里面心满意足，content就是“使满足”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式写作、文学描写、正式演讲 动词 content 比较正式，通常用于书面语、文学描写或正式演讲，表示“使满足、使满意”；日常口语中较少单独使用，常见搭配是 content oneself with something，意为“满足于…”。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
tent /tɛnt/、intent /ɪnˈtɛnt/、extent /ɪkˈstɛnt/ 三者押韵，但都与 /ˈkɑntɛnt/ 不押韵；patent、potent、competent 的 -tent 读 /-tənt/，同样不押韵。与 /ˈkɑntɛnt/ 押韵的常用词极少（content 自身除外）。
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.