高中英语常用词组 be content with


释义：

be content with 以…为满足

例句：

The Mole had to be content with this.

鼹鼠莫尔只好对此知足了。



He had to be content with third place.

他只好屈居第三名。



He professed to be content with the arrangement.

他表示对该安排满意。



Meanwhile, male candidates had to be content with the standard application process.

与此同时，男性应聘者肯定对标准的申请程序感到满意。



His bill was defeated, and he had to be content with stopping the building of more clinics that would have served others who really needed them.

他的议案没有被通过，他最后只好满足于阻止人们建立更多的诊所，而这些诊所本来可以为那些真正需要的人服务。



But Mrs Merkel would probably be content with an "own majority", meaning that pro-EFSF votes from the coalition exceed the number of opposition MPs present and voting.

不过默克尔自己可能会满足于“自己人多数”，即执政联盟内赞成EFSF的投票多于所有在场投票的反对党议员数。