complain

[kəmˈpleɪn]

  • 词义辨析

    complain, grumble, murmur

    这组词共同的意思是“抱怨”或“埋怨”。它们的区别是:
    1.complain是向别人诉苦; murmur是背着别人自言自语地“抱怨”; grumble通常带有感情色彩和个人情绪,指一边发脾气,一边自己对自己叽叽咕咕。
    2.complain还有“投诉”的意思。
    3.grumble多用于指男性。

    complain,grumble,murmur

    这些动词都含“抱怨、埋怨”之意。
    complain侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。
    grumble指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。
    murmur多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。

  • 双语例句
1、

He started to complain about this wicked world.

他开始对这个邪恶的世界发牢骚了.

——《用法词典》

2、

If you are not happy about a repair, go back and complain.

如果你对修理效果不满意,可以再找他们投诉。

——柯林斯例句

3、

He came to complain about the volume of the music.

他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。

柯林斯例句

4、

Residents complain about being harassed on the street, roughed up, sometimes even shaken down for their money.

居民们抱怨在街上遭到骚扰和攻击,有时甚至被抢钱的人搜身。

——柯林斯例句

5、

When they reach here they complain that they are not being paid as per the agreement.

来到这里后,他们抱怨工资没有依照协议发放。

——柯林斯例句

6、

They said that her husband used to knock her around but they had never heard her complain.

他们说她丈夫曾对她拳打脚踢,但从没听她诉过苦.

——《简明英汉词典》

7、

Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic.

批评家们可能会认为小说的核心比喻过于简单。

柯林斯例句

8、

I can't understand why folks complain about false teeth.

我就不明白,人们为什么老是抱怨假牙的问题。

柯林斯例句

9、

The characters complain ceaselessly about food queues, prices and corruption.

那些人不停地抱怨购买食品要排队、物价问题以及贪污腐败的问题。

——柯林斯例句

10、

The company's competitors complain that they are hemmed in by rigid legal contracts.

公司的竞争对手抱怨他们受到严格的法律合同的约束。

柯林斯例句

11、

If you can't get any satisfaction, complain to the park owner.

如果你得不到任何赔偿,向园区所有者投诉。

柯林斯例句

12、

I'm going to complain to the manager about this.

我要就这件事向经理投诉。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

13、

Complain to the boy's mother, not to me.

找孩子的母亲说去, 别找我.

《简明英汉词典》

14、

Nurses complain of being overworked and underpaid .

护士抱怨工作劳累过度而报酬过低。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

15、

Don't complain of being hard up before me!

不要在我面前哭穷!

《现代汉英综合大词典》

16、

How can you complain about higher taxes?

你怎么能抱怨税费的提高呢?

柯林斯例句

17、

She wrote an impassioned letter to her local newspaper to complain about the new road.

她给当地的报纸写了一封措辞激烈的信,抱怨新修的马路.

《简明英汉词典》

18、

He didn't half complain!

他很不满意!

——《简明英汉词典》

19、

You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.

你不但不谢他,还埋怨他,真不知好歹.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

20、

We have nothing to complain of.

我们没有什么可发牢骚的.

——《现代汉英综合大词典》

21、

She has to complain against the slight injuries.

她不得不诉说这轻微的伤害.

——《简明英汉词典》

22、

I have to complain against him because of his rudeness.

我不得不申诉他的无礼.

——《简明英汉词典》

23、

They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.

他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉.

——《简明英汉词典》

24、

Then they had the gall to complain!

而且他们居然还有脸抱怨!

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

25、

I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't.

我极想发牢骚,但还是没开口。

——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

26、

People always complain that the big banks and big companies are unfriendly and unhelpful.

人们总是抱怨大银行和大公司不友善、不愿提供帮助。

——柯林斯例句

27、

People complain about how children spend so much time on computer games.

人们常抱怨孩子花太多时间玩电脑游戏。

——柯林斯例句

28、

The next thing you know, she's phoned to complain and you're suddenly being given the third degree.

还没等你反应过来,她就已经打来电话抱怨,而你就突然挨了一顿狠批。

——柯林斯例句

29、

Democrats will complain he overemphasizes punishment at the expense of prevention and treatment.

民主党人会抱怨他过分看重惩罚,而忽视了预防和解决措施。

——柯林斯例句

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