grievance
['gri:vəns]
n.委屈, 冤情, 苦况
例句与用法:
A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance.
抱怨的缘由引起抱怨的原因; 愤恨
He used the occasion to express all his old grievance against the chairman.
他利用那机会表达了对主席积压已久的怨气。
A committee was set up to look into the workers' grievances.
成立了一个委员会来调查工人的不满。
I am too busy to listen to her endless grievance.
我太忙了,没空听她那没完没了的牢骚。
详细释义:
n.
不满, 不平; 抱怨, 牢骚[C][(+against)]
my family's grievance against Jonathan
我们家对乔纳森的不满
A committee was set up to look into the workers' grievances.
调查工人们的申诉的委员会成立了。
短语词组:
nurse a grievance
1. 心怀不满
Nursing a grievance makes you bitter.
积怨在心只能使你不愉快。