discontent
noun [uncountable, countable]- discontent (at/over/with something)
a feeling of being unhappy because you are not satisfied with a particular situation; something that makes you have this feeling 不滿；不滿足；不滿足的緣由 There is widespread discontent among the staff at the proposed changes to pay and conditions. 員工對改變工資和工作環境的建議普遍不滿。 - (formal)
There are a wide variety of popular discontents which need discussing. 有各種各樣的公衆不滿需要討論。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1Overcrowded conditions fuelled discontent and facilitated the spread of radical ideas. 過分擁擠的狀況加深了不滿情緒，加劇了過激思想的曼延。 Overcrowded conditions will only fuel discontent among prisoners. 過分擁擠的狀況只會加劇囚犯的不滿。 Public discontent with the economy remained at a high level. 公衆對經濟狀況仍然非常不滿。 The country was seething with discontent and the threat of revolution was real. 這個國家積聚着不滿情緒，革命的威脅真實存在。 The higher tax provoked widespread discontent among the poor. 增稅激起貧民的普遍不滿。 The peasants expressed their discontent. 農民表達了他們的不滿。 The reforms failed to stem social discontent. 改革未能阻止社會上不滿情緒的曼延。 There were reports of growing discontent within the army. 有報道指出軍隊内部的不滿情緒日益加劇。 discontent among students about the lack of funding for education 學生們對教育撥款不足的不滿 growing discontent with the government 對政府的日益不滿 the discontent that many people felt 許多人感到的不滿
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- general
- widespread
- growing
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- breed
- cause
- give rise to
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- grow
- spread
- discontent among
- discontent about
- discontent at
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- a feeling of discontent
- feelings of discontent
- murmurs of discontent
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