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 discontent [,diskәn'tent]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 不满

  1. There appears to be a growing discontent about inflation.
    对通货膨胀似乎有一种日渐增长的不满情绪。
  2. This riot is only one manifestation of people's discontent.
    这骚乱仅仅是人们不满的一种表露而已。
  3. There was an expression of discontent on her face.
    她脸上有不满的表情。


discontent
[ noun ]
  1. a longing for something better than the present situation

  2. <noun.feeling>
[ verb ]
  1. make dissatisfied

  2. <verb.emotion>
[ adj ]
  1. showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing

  2. <adj.all>
    saw many discontent faces in the room
    was discontented with his position


Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\ (d[i^]s`k[o^]n*t[e^]nt"), a.
Not content; discontented; dissatisfied. --Jer. Taylor.

Passion seemed to be much discontent, but Patience was
very quiet. --Bunyan.


Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Discontented};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Discontenting}.]
To deprive of content; to make uneasy; to dissatisfy.
--Suckling.


Discontent \Dis`con*tent"\, n.
1. Want of content; uneasiness and inquietude of mind;
dissatisfaction; disquiet.

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York. --Shak.

The rapacity of his father's administration had
excited such universal discontent. --Hallam

2. A discontented person; a malcontent. [R.]

Thus was the Scotch nation full of discontents.
--Fuller.

  1. Mr Len Murray's Trades Union Congress enjoyed direct access to the corridors of power. Now, 13 years after the winter of discontent, few members of today's TUC General Council would be recognised on a Clapham omnibus.
  2. After a year of controversy and discontent in Congress, Thornburgh on Monday imposed the change he has been seeking for 15 years.
  3. The recent row over alleged overpricing and bully-boy tactics by banks in the small business market, and constant rumbles of discontent over their treatment of the private customer have not endeared them to the fair trading authorities.
  4. Gorbachev has expressed increasing impatience in recent months about labor stoppages, which have become a way of expressing ethnic discontent.
  5. Speaking forcefully and at times with bitterness and anger, the presidents said in separate speeches that their calls were prompted by economic stagnation at home and rising public discontent.
  6. But some poll-takers say that just below the surface, public discontent is quite strong.
  7. If you ask people if they are satisfied with their working conditions, you need to know what minimum margin of discontent can reasonably be expected. The second protection is careful question design, avoiding leading or blank-cheque negative ones.
  8. Two Chinese sources said Monday that China would raise interest rates and, to stave off growing discontent in the cities, give workers a large raise and link further pay increases to the inflation rate.
  9. In filling the vacancies, Mr Perez increased the number of serving military officers in his 26-member cabinet to two. This was seen as a gesture to the armed forces, where discontent is still high.
  10. That could include decisions on increasing public subsidies to the poor to ease economic discontent, offering to discuss differences with the opposition, or in the worst case dealing with demonstrations requiring police action.
  11. The government claims the Reagan administration has been attempting to stir up discontent in Nicaragua.
  12. Free societies and freer markets replaced Marxism across Eastern Europe and almost surely will survive a winter of discontent.
  13. A handy device to disarm political opponents, glasnost could get out of control and vent latent discontent among the Soviet masses.
  14. Those interviewed Monday spoke of widespread discontent in the country of 3 million people.
  15. However, it increased popular discontent with Kaunda, who is among a group of African rulers besieged by demands for democratic reforms.
  16. I feel that these otherwise excellent programs have invited my discontent by promising 'tax reports'.
  17. Moreover, Sheldon Adelson, the chairman and chief executive of Interface Group Inc. and the founder of Comdex, has made some changes to quell the discontent.
  18. There is also mounting discontent over deteriorating economic conditions.
  19. Ingrid Matthaeus-Maier, from the West German branch of the opposition Social Democrats, charged that Chancellor Helmut Kohl's unity policies had created "concern, fears and discontent" among East Germans.
  20. In earlier newspaper interviews, Phelan acknowledged wide discontent among investors and brokers about how program trading of huge blocs of stock can induce wild price swings that make many people hesitant about buying shares.
  21. Growing discontent led to Rakosi's ouster in July 1956, but dissatisfaction continued and a popular uprising began within three months.
  22. Annual inflation of 50 percent spurs discontent and many analysts say Borja's last two years may be a time of paralyzing political confrontation.
  23. Those stands brought to a boil the conservative discontent that had simmered under Thompson, a moderate who vetoed anti-abortion legislation on constitutional grounds and spent much of his current term pushing for tax increases.
  24. These could help stir political discontent.
  25. Faced with growing discontent over the effect on working people's purchasing power, he slightly rolled back the fuel price increase and decreed a 5-cent-per-hour wage raise for the private sector.
  26. Public discontent with the spending cuts could hurt the governing parties in the short term. But the accord should also help maintain market confidence in the Austrian economy and its currency.
  27. If voters were trying to express any discontent, it certainly did not affect the Senate, where 30 out of 31 incumbents were being reelected.
  28. More ominously, the Caripintadas, a nationalistic faction of the armed forces, are capitalizing on the discontent and disillusionment to enter the political landscape.
  29. Open dialogue is necessary to make Socialism more and more attractive." Growing discontent has forced the leadership to adopt a more conciliatory line.
  30. But with a recovery-driven surge in the opinion polls, it may soon feel able to dismiss this month's manifestation of popular discontent.
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