content
英 [kən'tent]
美 ['kɑntɛnt]
- n. 內容，目錄；滿足；容量
- adj. 滿意的
- vt. 使滿足
- n. (Content)人名；(法)孔唐
助記提示
1. con- "together" + tent- "hold".
2. => that which is contained.
3. Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already has.
中文詞源
content 內容，滿意的con-, 強調。-ten, 持有，握住，詞源同tenable, tenure. 即包含於其中的，心滿意足的。
英文詞源
- content
- content: The adjective and noun content come ultimately from the same source, but as their divergent pronunciations suggest, they reached English via different routes. Their common original is Latin contentus, past participle of continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’ (source of English contain, continent, continue, and countenance). The more recent borrowing, the noun content [15], comes directly from medieval Latin contentum, and retains the original meaning of the Latin verb.
The adjective content [14], however, comes via Old French content, and reflects a metaphorical change in the Latin past participle from ‘contained’ via ‘restrained’ and ‘self-restrained’ to ‘satisfied’.
=> contain, continent, continue, countenance, retentive - content (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Old French content, "satisfied," from Latin contentus "contained, satisfied," past participle of continere (see contain). Related: Contently (largely superseded by contentedly).
- content (v.)
- early 15c., from Middle French contenter, from content (adj.) "satisfied," from Latin contentus "contained, satisfied," past participle of continere (see contain). Sense evolved through "contained," "restrained," to "satisfied," as the contented person's desires are bound by what he or she already has. Related: Contented; contentedly.
- content (n.)
- "that which is contained," early 15c., from Latin contentum, contenta, noun use of past participle of continere (see contain). Meaning "satisfaction" is from 1570s; heart's content is from 1590s (Shakespeare).
雙語例句
- 1. There are reports of widespread dis-content in the capital.
- 有報道稱首都彌漫著不滿的情緒。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Stricter controls were placed on the content of video films.
- 對錄像片內容實行了更為嚴格的監管。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Not content with rescuing one theatre, Sally Green has taken on another.
- 薩莉·格林不滿足於挽救一家劇院，她又接手了另外一家。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Sunflower margarine has the same fat content as butter.
- 向日葵所製人造黃油的脂肪含量與黃油脂肪含量相同。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Other women seemed content and even exhibited their bellies with pride.
- 其他女人似乎很滿足，甚至還驕傲地炫耀她們的肚腩。
來自柯林斯例句