| 单词 | complain |
| 释义 | complain (once / 126 pages) v To complain is to express your unhappiness about something. You might complain to your landlord about a raise in your rent, or to the cops about your noisy neighbors. Just don't whine; it won't get you anywhere. Speakers of Yiddish will know that complain is often interchangeable with kvetch, which is what you do when you don't like the food or the small portions. But you can complain in a more formal way by, say, writing a letter or even filing a lawsuit. But whether the issue is large or small, do yourself a favor and don't complain too often, or people might stop taking you seriously. WORD FAMILYcomplain: complainant, complained, complainer, complaining, complains+/complainant: complainants/complainer: complainers/complaining: complainingly, uncomplaining/uncomplaining: uncomplainingly USAGE EXAMPLESSparks police say 43-year-old Tom Anderson complained of possible hypothermia due to exposure after he was transported to police headquarters following Monday’s arrest. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Will we just continue to complain while failing to recognize the slow decay of our fine state? Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The pop star's live appearance in New York's Times Square was beset by problems as she complained of sound difficulties and struggled to sing. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1v express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness My mother complains all day Syn|Ant|Hypo kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off cheer, cheer up, chirk up become cheerful hen-peck, nag, peck bother persistently with trivial complaints backbite, bitchsay mean things grizzle, whine, yammer, yawpcomplain whiningly croak, gnarl, grumble, murmur, muttermake complaining remarks or noises under one's breath grouch, grumble, scoldshow one's unhappiness or critical attitude protestutter words of protest repineexpress discontent beef, bellyache, bitch, crab, gripe, grouse, holler, squawkcomplain inveigh, railcomplain bitterly bemoan, bewail, deplore, lamentregret strongly reportcomplain about; make a charge against bleattalk whiningly declaim, inveighspeak against in an impassioned manner 2v make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client Hyper charge make an accusatory claim |
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