complain

单词辨析:

complain beef grumble 【导航词义:抱怨】
complain v. 抱怨,发牢骚
〔辨析〕

指因对待遇、处境不满或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说,常后接介词about/of。

〔例证〕

The old man complained about the hot weather.

老人抱怨天气炎热。

They have complained of sexual harassment.

她们投诉说受到性骚扰。

She complained that there was too much noise outside at night.

她抱怨夜里外面太吵。

beef v. [非正式]抱怨
〔辨析〕

指总是抱怨、大发牢骚,常后接介词 about。

〔例证〕

The girl has a beef against him.

那姑娘对他有所不满。

The old woman is forever beefing about that.

那个老妇人没完没了地为那事抱怨。

grumble v. 抱怨
〔辨析〕

指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而怨恨地自言自语或向他人诉苦,常后接介词 about/at,可与 moan 换用。

〔例证〕

She grumbled/moaned about the food.

她抱怨饭菜不好吃。

He grumbled/moaned sometimes at her extravagance.

他有时抱怨她铺张浪费。

相关例句:

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。

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。

For my own part, I have nothing to complain of

我这方面没有什么好抱怨的。

I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service

对劣质服务我通常会立刻投诉。

People usually complain about having to deal with too much bureaucracy.

人们经常抱怨不得不应付太多的繁文缛节。

He will complain about having to spend time with such a boring bunch of geriatrics.

得跟这么一群无聊的老家伙呆在一起,他会满腹牢骚的。