| 单词 | complain |
| 释义 | com·plain I. intransitive verb 1. obsolete 2. a. < began to complain of it and lament her being ill-used — Jane Austen > < his troubles were really little ones. He had nothing to complain about — Lenard Kaufman > b. (1) archaic (2) 3. < the French consulate and the English consulate had complained of him … charging him with being high-handed — Louis Bromfield > 4. < the overloaded wagon complaining at each turn > transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. < Cotton Mather complained, “'Tis dreadful cold, my ink glass … is froze” — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > < if we complain that so vague a term fails to do justice — Edward Sapir > Synonyms: < a voice complaining … a venomous and senile whimper — Jean Stafford > < he had heard Ed complaining of his lot in life and crying out for new times — Sherwood Anderson > < when the people complain, said Mirabeau, the people are always right — J.A.Froude > repine, now always bookish or literary, may suggest querulous plaintiveness < his old age may have been monotonous, but there was no repining about it — Brand Blanshard > In contrast, the following words range from the echoic suggestion of grumble to the slang form bellyache. grumble suggests discontented muttering, often from a personality hard to satisfy and given to ill-natured complaint < the way people grumble about their rates and taxes — G.B.Shaw > < reluctant laughter and grumbling thanks — Kenneth Roberts > grouse may be applied to sustained forceful grumbling at annoyances < soldiers grousing about their food > < never once have I heard him grouse about how tough things are — Saturday Review > beef may suggest angry or emphatic complaint < the beefing and clamoring by certain groups for a change — New Republic > < a few who have drilled … beef about being kept in uniform — Dixon Wecter > gripe may suggest continued strong grumbling or criticizing, as though motivated by being griped < after two or three days in the Army, he gripes like a veteran at the brass, the shavetails, the chow — Christian Science Monitor > croak, squawk, and bellyache may imply lack of sympathy with the complainer. croak may suggest pessimistic, doleful, dismal complaining, squawk a loud raucous outcry, as of a fowl, perhaps ineffective, and bellyache a peevish or disgruntled whining < the little old lady in black … tells you how just last fall her husband died in Ohio, and damp mists her glasses; she blinks and croaks — R.P.Warren > < the first industries to be hit by the credit curbs have squawked — Atlantic > < bellyaching about rationing, curtailment of civilian goods, administrative confusion, and various other annoyances — Harper's > II. archaic |
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