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    When you are contented, you feel quietly happy because your life feels enough. You are not hungry for more, and you are not angry about what you do not have. A contented person can sit still and rest.

    When you are contented當你覺得心滿意足,you feel quietly happy會有種安靜的快樂,because your life feels enough因為覺得自己的生活已經足夠了。You你are not hungry for more不會渴望更多,and you are not angry about what you do not have也不會為了自己沒有的東西生氣。A contented person一個心滿意足的人can sit still and rest能夠安靜地坐著、好好休息。

    People often use this word about a look you can almost see: a contented smile, a contented sigh, a contented cat in the sun.

    People人們often use this word about a look you can almost see常用這個字來形容一種幾乎看得見的表情:a contented smile像是滿足的微笑,a contented sigh滿足的嘆息,a contented cat in the sun或曬著太陽、滿足的貓。

    Though actually, content and contented are very close. “I am content” and “I am contented” both work. But when we talk about a face, a mood, or an animal, contented sounds more natural.

    Though actually不過其實,content and contented content和contentedare very close這兩個字非常接近。"I am content"「I am content」and "I am contented"和「I am contented」both work都說得通。But不過when we talk about a face, a mood, or an animal當我們講的是一張臉、一種心情,或一隻動物,contented用contentedsounds more natural聽起來比較自然。

    It is not a loud happy, and it is not jumping-up-and-down joy. It is more like “this is fine; I can stay here.” You will meet it in stories and in ordinary talk about how someone seems.

    It它is not a loud happy不是那種很張揚的快樂,and it is not jumping-up-and-down joy也不是那種興奮到跳起來的喜悅。It它is more like "this is fine; I can stay here"比較像是「這樣就好,我可以留在這裡」的感覺。You你will meet it in stories and in ordinary talk about how someone seems會在故事裡,還有平常形容一個人看起來如何的對話裡遇到這個字。

    It is a warm, calm word — not street talk, and not a cold office word either.

    It它is a warm, calm word是一個溫暖、平靜的字——not street talk不是street talk(俚俗用語),and not a cold office word either也不是冷冰冰的公文用字。

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組成content (happy with what you have) + -ed (having that quality). The older Latin idea behind content is “held in / contained,” so the wanting stays inside and you feel enough. You do not need that story to use the word.

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原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

contentedadj/kənˈtɛntɪd/

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    Satisfied.

    • I pray you huſband be not ſo diſquiet. / The meate was well, if you were ſo contented.
    • "I shall now die contented," [Boswell] breathed, "since I have lived to see the present day."

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。