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contentment 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/kənˈtentmənt/,
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A state of happiness and satisfaction,
  1. A state of happiness and satisfaction
    • - he found contentment in living a simple life in the country

  1. happiness with one's situation in life
  2. (contented) satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile"
  3. Contentment is the experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation.
  4. A state of mind in which one's desires are confined to his lot whatever it may be (Ti1 6:6; Co2 9:8). It is opposed to envy (Jam 3:16), avarice (Heb 13:5), ambition (Pro 13:10), anxiety (Mat 6:25, Mat 6:34), and repining (Co1 10:10). ...
  5. Achieving the blissful state in which I forget just how miserable I actually am.
  6. Effortless peaceful, calm and joyful feeling that is the natural by-product of being in the Heart.
  7. (1) moral laziness, the epitome of depravity. (2) the smother of invention. (3) being satisfied with what you haven't got. (4) the best powder for women's faces.
  8. Being happy I get to swim with the rules I am given