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malcontent

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mal·con·tent /ˈmælkəntent $ ˌmælkənˈtent/ noun [countable]  formalPROBLEM someone who is likely to cause trouble because they are not happy with the way things are organized – used to show disapproval 不满者,反叛者〔含贬义〕
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malcontentSpies, criminals, and malcontents.Don't assume that we are all Luddite malcontents afraid of change.He attributes the statue controversy to a handful of malcontents.political malcontentsNo more will I look down my nose at whining, spineless malcontents.Mordovia is the cesspit into which are flushed the malcontents and malefactors of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.Silence gave the malcontents the chance they wanted.That seemed unlikely to win over the malcontents, but it may have been just enough to get the president home.
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malcontent
malcontent /ˈmælkəntent $ ˌmælkənˈtent/ noun [countable]
formal someone who is likely to cause trouble because they are not happy with the way things are organized – used in order to show disapproval


mal·con·tentBrE /ˈmælkəntent/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmælkənˈtent/ 🔊 noun [usually plural] (formal, disapproving) a person who is not satisfied with a situation and who complains about it, or causes trouble in order to change it 不满者;牢骚满腹的人;反叛者