contentment

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。