contentment

contentment

美 [kənˈtentmənt] 　英

• n.满足；满意；知足；称心
• 网络满足感；心满意足；谈知足

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It was a clear message to the Bhutanese that economic growth alone did not bring contentment.

这让不丹人清楚地认识到，单纯的经济增长并不能带来满足感。

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.

满足感不是由于你得到了想要的东西，而是由于认识到你已经拥有很多东西。

gains and losses do not care about old scores, modest restraint is a virtue, contentment is often music, harmony on the well-being.

得失恩怨不计较，谦让克制是美德，知足则常乐，和谐就幸福。

Looking at it in another light, does contentment mean being satisfied with less than our best efforts at something?

从另一个角度看，知足是否指我们满足于未尽全力的事情？

This enjoyment of beauty fills me with such contentment and bliss that I can find no words to express my admiration for the designer.

好一个美的贴身享受，令我欢喜又满足，真不知道如何表达，对设计师佩服至极。

As I looked at him, a picture of health and contentment, my mind went back to his mother.

我看着它，一副活泼健康、心满意足的样儿，不禁想起了“欢闹鬼”的妈妈。

Even if nothing very obvious happens on the material plane, as may be the case, this is usually a time of inner peace and contentment.

即使并没有任何明显的物质基础变化，这也有可能，但是这段时间依然会保持内心平和愉快。

Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, it's the realization of how much you already have.

满足不是欲望的实现，而是对你所拥有的一种珍惜。

It is only with you that I find true contentment. Nothing will ever come between us. Happy birthday to you!

只有和你在一起，我才找到真正的满意，没有什么可以使我们分离。祝你生日快乐！

Yet, I possessed a great sense of peace and contentment, knowing that He would meet all of my needs, which He did, and continues to do.

然而，我拥有心中的平和与满意。因为我知道，“他”会满足我的所有需求，“他”做到了，而且在不断的做下去。

We trade the sort of security and safety of a certain level of contentment for these transcendent moments.

我们用那些安全保险为我们带来的一定程度上的满意去交换那些特殊时光。

But as he sat in his Fifth Avenue penthouse trimming his nails, Murdoch was as near to contentment as he had ever been.

不过，此时，默多克正坐在纽约第五大道的顶层豪宅中，修剪着指甲，心中像以往一样满足。

As you must know by now some souls will not feel ready to move on, finding contentment in their present existence.

因为到现在为止你们一定知道了，有一些灵魂不会感到准备好继续前进，他们在他们当前的生活中找到满足。

Money may not buy you happiness. But it can buy a strong correlation with a fancy new index that aims to put a number on contentment.

钱也许买不到幸福，不过，钱可以买到与一种新奇的可以给满意打分的指标之间密切的相互关系。

Watching the magnificent view of the ebb and flow of the tides fills me with an inner contentment that I find nowhere else.

观看壮观的潮涨潮落景色使我感到一种在其他地方感受不到的内心的满足。

As you roll over in the morning and see him lying next to you, you are struck with a great sense of contentment.

当你早晨翻身看见他躺在你身边时，满足之感油然而生。

Family relationships in particular seem to be the key to long-term contentment.

尤其家庭关系似乎是令人能长久感到满足的关键。

But in a more reserved society, or in one where life was tougher, the reaction might be a quiet contentment.

但在一个比较严谨的社会，或是生存比较艰难的社会，人们的反应可能是倾向平静的满足。

It is unnerving, for instance, to hear so many employees insist on their deep contentment at the company.

例如，听到这么多员工坚称自己对公司非常满意，令人觉得有点反常。

Active happiness-not more satisfaction or contentment-often comes suddenly, like an April shower or the unfolding of a bud.

积极的快乐并非单纯的满意或知足通常不期而至，就像四月里突然下起的春雨，或是花蕾的突然绽放。

Even though I keep goals, hopes, and plans, I've learned not to let "perfect circumstances" be a condition for my contentment.

即使我拥有目标、希望及计划，但是我已经懂得了“完美状态”是可遇不可求的。

A charming young lady-a real little woman-a daughter in whom you will have nothing but contentment.

她也是一个可爱的小姐，一位真诚的少女，一个能够使你完全满意的女儿。

A weird sort of contentment in those days. No appointments, no invitations for dinner, no program, no dough.

这是那时一种稀奇古怪的满足，那时没有约会，没人请吃饭，没有计划，没有钱。

A smile on your face makes it known--finally you have found something you have always been seeking--contentment with your achievements.

在你的脸上一个微笑发表--最后你已经发现某事你总是已经寻求--有你的成就满足。

Happiness in life has so much to do with the relationship between desire and contentment.

生活上能否幸福，与欲望和满足有很大的关连。

How soft can a look of contentment be as Dorah's arms wrap around her mother's neck and hold her tight?

多拉搂着妈妈的脖子，搂得紧紧地，一脸满足的神情多么温馨啊！

The biggest difference between the sexes was in the contentment of those not working, with women far happier than men to stay at home.

男性和女性最大的差别是对于不工作的满意度，女性比男性更乐于呆在家里。

What warmth it is! A ripple of excitement and moving rises in my heart, and I feel the happiness and contentment I never enjoyed.

这是怎样的一种温暖啊！我心底漾起难以言说的兴奋和感动，我感到从未有过的幸福和满足！

Anyone who knows true contentment knows that they have had to work toward it, make conscious choices, face fear and be misunderstood.

任何一个知道什么是真正满足的人知道他们一定要朝这个方向努力，做有意识的选择，面对害怕和被误解。

Secondly, happiness consists in contentment. A man which is dissatisfied dawn his present condition is usually in distress.

愉快在于知足。一个不满于现状的人终是处在痛苦之中。

The database makes it clear that there is not a strong connection between material wealth and general contentment.

数据库清楚地表明物质财富和一般满意程度之间没有强烈的联系。

As everyone knows, just as they leisurely contentment, when tobacco was given to them in a variety of toxins carried out brutal attacks.

殊不知，就在他们悠悠自得的时候，烟草中的各种毒物便向他们展开了残酷的进攻。

He is not content with what he has already got. What a pity he never understands that happiness lies in contentment.

34他对已有的一切还不满足。他从来不懂“知足常乐”，真遗憾。

Due to Masters unconditional love and infinite Light, the seminar thus ended in an atmosphere of great exhilaration and contentment.

由于师父的爱力加持，这场讲座在来宾们的欣喜与满足中落幕。

What is it that you could change to take you to another level of contentment in life? The changes don't have to be grand.

什么你可以改变从而带给你生活中另一个层面的满足呢？

But still, some of us, maybe including you, still feel poor and lack of sense of happiness and contentment.

可是，我们中的有些人，可能包括你，仍然贫乏，没有幸福感和满足感。

As Flip Nicklin and I passed our gear up the trawler's ladder and stowed it in our cabin, I felt an almost savage contentment.

佛利普‧尼克林和我把装备送上船的阶梯、放进客舱时，我有一种近乎原始人的野性快感。

Even today the idea of Shangrila remains appealing because everyone wants to find such a land of peace, harmony, and contentment.

直到今日，仍令人心醉神迷，因为那块宁静无争、安然知足的净土，是人人都想追寻的。

a country life of arcadian contentment; a pleasant bucolic scene; charming in its pastoral setting; rustic tranquility.

像田园牧歌式的让人满意的乡下生活；舒适的具有田园风味的景色；迷人的田园诗般场景；田园诗般的宁静。

It has been a very intense process. Every word that I write in this letter is born out of love, acceptance, detachment and real contentment.

这是一个漫长又激烈的过程，我在今天这封公开信中的写下的每一个字，都来自爱，接纳，冷静和真正的满足。