content yourself with (doing) something

SATISFIEDto do or have something that is not what you really wanted, but is still satisfactory 使自己满足[甘心]于（做）某事

Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content himself with a minor managerial post.

拉尔先生一直在要求承担更多的责任，但只能将就着担任一个小小的管理职务。

Examples from the Corpus

had to content ... with• The intrepid manager had to content himself with numbering his reserve teams.• He had to content himself with the fact that it was mostly a one-way affair.

→ content yourself with (doing) something at content4(1)

词汇	content yourself with (doing) something
释义	content yourself with (doing) something content yourself with (doing) something SATISFIEDto do or have something that is not what you really wanted, but is still satisfactory 使自己满足[甘心]于（做）某事 Mr Lal has been asking for more responsibility, but has had to content himself with a minor managerial post. 拉尔先生一直在要求承担更多的责任，但只能将就着担任一个小小的管理职务。 Examples from the Corpus had to content ... with• The intrepid manager had to content himself with numbering his reserve teams.• He had to content himself with the fact that it was mostly a one-way affair. → content yourself with (doing) something at content4(1)
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