"be content with" 是一个常用短语,意为 "对……感到满意/满足",强调内心的知足状态(不一定需要达到很高的标准,而是对现有状况的接纳和满足)。
该短语是 "系动词(be)+ 形容词(content)+ 介词(with)" 的结构,后面需接名词、代词或动名词(因为"with"是介词,后接名词性成分)。
基本结构:
She is content with her simple life in the countryside.
(她对乡村的简单生活感到满足。)
The company is content with the progress of the project.
(公司对项目的进展感到满意。)
Are you content with this result?
(你对这个结果满意吗?)
He wasn’t content with that—he wanted more.
(他对此并不满足——他想要更多。)
They are content with working from home.
(他们对居家办公的状态感到满意。)
I’m content with spending weekends reading books.
(我对周末看书的时光很满足。)
两者都有“满意”的意思,但侧重不同:
"be content with":更强调“内心的知足”(即使不够完美,也愿意接受);
"be satisfied with":更强调“达到预期后的满意”(通常有明确的目标或标准)。
例如:
I’m content with my small apartment.(我对小公寓知足——不需要更大的。)
I’m satisfied with my exam score.(我对考试分数满意——达到了预期目标。)
在"be"后加"not",表示“对……不满意/不满足”:
She is not content with her current salary.
(她对目前的薪水不满意。)
We were not content with the service at that restaurant.
(我们对那家餐厅的服务不满意。)
总结:"be content with" 是表达“知足、满意”的常用短语,核心是“对现有状况的接纳”,后接名词、代词或动名词,适用于描述人对生活、工作、事物的状态感受。