Discontent is the feeling of not being happy with how things are — you want something to change. It is not a sudden flash of anger; it sits there.

DiscontentDiscontent，is the feeling of not being happy with how things are是對現狀不滿的那種感覺——you want something to change你希望有些事情能改變。It is not a sudden flash of anger它不是突然一陣的憤怒；it sits there它是一直在那裡的。

Workers can feel discontent about pay; a country can be full of political discontent. As a noun it can also mean the people who feel this way (“the discontents”), though that use is less common now.

Workers can feel discontent about pay工人可能會對薪水感到discontent（不滿）；a country can be full of political discontent一個國家也可能充滿政治上的discontent（不滿）。As a noun it can also mean the people who feel this way當名詞用的時候，它也可以指有這種感覺的人（“the discontents”the discontents，「不滿分子」），though that use is less common now不過這個用法現在比較少見了。

There is a verb too: to discontent someone is to make them feel this way, but you will mostly meet the noun.

There is a verb too也有動詞的用法：to discontent someone is to make them feel this wayto discontent someone就是讓某人有這種感覺，but you will mostly meet the noun但你大多會遇到的是名詞。

Newspapers and essays like it. In everyday talk people more often say they are not happy, they are fed up, or they are dissatisfied. Milder than rage; more serious than a passing bad mood.

Newspapers and essays like it報紙和文章滿喜歡用這個字的。In everyday talk在日常對話裡，people more often say they are not happy人們比較常說自己not happy（不開心），they are fed up或是fed up（受夠了），or they are dissatisfied或是dissatisfied（不滿意）。than rage比rage milder更溫和；than a passing bad mood比一時的壞心情 more serious更嚴重。