complain

英[kəm'plein]美[kəm'plen]

v.
1.[I,T not in passive不用被动态]抱怨，不满，发牢骚
2.【口】[can't complain]还算好（虽然有些问题，但总体上比较满意）

名　词：complain'er

同：	[v.] kick, kvetch, plain, quetch
反：	[v.] cheer, cheer up, chirk up

complain，grumble，murmur

这些动词均含“抱怨、埋忽”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。

Some fresh- men complain about his penchant for making commitments that he then may abandon with little notice.
一些新议员抱怨他总爱作出承诺，然后又在人们不知不觉中放弃了。收藏
When she was made to wait in the plane on the Saudi tarmac while Abdullah was treated to a pomp filled welcoming ceremony, the queen didn't complain.
当她丈夫阿卜杜拉接受隆重的欢迎仪式时，她却被迫等候在沙特阿拉伯机场的飞机上，不过她对此并无怨言。收藏
They complain of being in a catch-22 situation.
他们抱怨他们处在一种摆脱不了的困境。收藏
Singapore students often complain about the tremendous stress of schoolwork.
新加坡的学生常常抱怨学校生活的压力太大。收藏
You've no self-respect but will lower yourself. You behave spitefully yourself and then complain thateverybody else is unfair!
"自己不尊重,要往下流走,安着坏心,还只管怨人家偏心."收藏

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express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- My mother complains all day
- She has a lot to kick about
[同] complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off
[反] cheer, cheer up, chirk up
make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge
- The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client

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