conte イディオム

bone of contention

point of disagreement, controversial point Job security is the bone of contention in our discussions.

familiarity breeds contempt

a friend may dislike you if you do not respect his or her privacy Don't call Margaret Maggie. Remember, familiarity breeds contempt.

no contest

one player or team wins easily, hands down Compare the speed of light to the speed of sound. It's no contest.

out of context

taken out of the sentence, missing important words "Brian's comment, ""Roll of the dice,"" was taken out of context."

round robin (tournament or contest)

game or contest in which each player or team plays every other player or team in turn The round robin tournament was held in order to choose the championship team for the city.

contemptuous of

showing or feeling contempt；scornful 瞧不起；轻视
You should not be contem ptuous of the poor．你不应该瞧不起穷人。
Snobs are usually contem ptuous of people they feel to be beneath them．势利者通常瞧不起他们认为在他们之下的人。

contend with

1．handle；deal with；manage 处理；应付
There are many difficulties for the students to contend with．困难太多，学生难以应付。
She is a difficult woman to contend with．她是一个难以应付的女人。
The heavy frost is the greatest enemy the fruitgrowers have to contend with．严霜是果农必须对付的最大危害。
2．be in rivalry or competition with；struggle with 和…争夺；竞争；与…作斗争
Our football team is contending with one from the next town for championship．我们的足球队正和邻镇的足球队争夺冠军。
We must contend with difficulties．我们必须与困难作斗争。

content with

1．satisfied with；happy with 对…满意
Are you content with your present job？你对目前的工作满意吗？
You should be content with what you have．你应该对你拥有的一切感到满足了。
2．satisfy with 对…感到满足
As there's no butter we shall have to content ourselves with dry bread．既然没有黄油，我们只好吃干面包了。
We'd never content ourselves with book knowledge only．我们永远不能满足于仅有的那么一点书本知识。
We can't go abroad this year，so we'll have to content ourselves with a holiday in London．今年我们不能出国，所以只好在伦敦度假了。

to one's heart's content

to one's greatest satisfaction尽兴地
They played to their heart's content．他们痛快地玩了一场。

bone of contention|bone|contention

n. phr. Something to fight over; a reason for quarrels; the subject of a fight. The boundary line between the farms was a bone of contention between the two farmers. The use of the car was a bone of contention between Joe and his wife.

to one's heart's content|content|heart|to

adv. phr. To the extent of one's wishes; one's complete satisfaction. There is a wonderful small restaurant nearby where you can eat to your heart's content.

contempt

contempt
see familiarity breeds contempt.

content

content
see to one's heart's content.

contention

contention
see bone of contention.

heart's content

heart's content
see to one's heart's content.