complain
verb /kəmˈpleɪn/
/kəmˈpleɪn/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they complain | /kəmˈpleɪn/ /kəmˈpleɪn/ |
| he / she / it complains | /kəmˈpleɪnz/ /kəmˈpleɪnz/ |
| past simple complained | /kəmˈpleɪnd/ /kəmˈpleɪnd/ |
| past participle complained | /kəmˈpleɪnd/ /kəmˈpleɪnd/ |
| -ing form complaining | /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/ /kəmˈpleɪnɪŋ/ |
- to say that you are annoyed, unhappy or not satisfied about somebody/something
抱怨；埋怨；投诉；发牢骚 - She never complains, but she's obviously exhausted.
她虽然从不抱怨，但显然已疲惫不堪。 - (informal) ‘How are you?’ ‘Oh, I can't complain (= I'm all right).’
“你好吗？” “啊，没的抱怨的。” - complain to somebody Annoyed residents have complained to the police.
恼怒的居民向警方投诉。 - complain about something Shoppers complained about the lack of toilet facilities.
购物者抱怨缺少厕所设施。 - complain to somebody about something I'm going to complain to the manager about this.
我要就这件事向经理投诉。 - complain of something The defendant complained of intimidation during the investigation.
被告申诉在调查期间受到了恐吓。 - complain at something She complained at the unfairness of it all.
她抗议所有这一切的不公平。 - complain (that)… He complained bitterly that he had been unfairly treated.
他愤懑地诉说他所受到的不公平待遇。 - + speech ‘It's not fair,’ she complained.
“这不公平。” 她抱怨道。
Synonyms complaincomplain- protest
- object
- grumble
- moan
- whine
- complain to say that you are annoyed, unhappy or not satisfied about somebody/something:
- I’m going to complain to the manager about this.
我要就这件事向经理投诉。
- I’m going to complain to the manager about this.
- protest to say or do something to show that you disagree with something or think it is bad, especially publicly; to give something as a reason for protesting:
- Students took to the streets to protest against the decision.
学生走上街头抗议这项决定。
- Students took to the streets to protest against the decision.
- object to say that you disagree with something or think it is bad; to give something as a reason for objecting:
- If nobody objects, we’ll postpone the meeting till next week.
如果没有人反对，我们就把会议推迟到下周。 - He objected that the police had arrested him without sufficient evidence.
他抗辩说警察没有充分证据就逮捕了他。
- If nobody objects, we’ll postpone the meeting till next week.
- grumble (rather informal, disapproving) to complain about somebody/something, especially something that is not really very serious:
- They kept grumbling that they were cold.
他们不停地嘟囔着说冷。
- They kept grumbling that they were cold.
- moan (British English, rather informal, disapproving) to complain about somebody/something in an annoying way:
- What are you moaning about now?
你在嘟囔些什么？
- What are you moaning about now?
- whine (rather informal, disapproving) to complain in an annoying, crying voice:
- Stop whining!
别哭哭啼啼的！ - ‘I want to go home,’ whined Toby.
“我要回家。”托比哼哼唧唧地说。
- Stop whining!
- to complain/protest/grumble/moan/whine about something
- to complain/protest/grumble/moan at something
- to complain/protest/object/grumble/moan/whine to somebody
- to complain/protest/object/grumble/moan/whine that…
Topics Feelingsa2- All the guests complained about the noise.
所有的客人都抱怨这些噪声。 - He really has no right to complain.
他实在无权抱怨。 - I'm going to complain to the authorities about this!
我要向当局投诉这件事！ - It was entirely my own idea, so I can hardly complain.
这完全是我自己的主意，所以不能抱怨什么。 - She complained bitterly about the lack of help she received.
她对自己没有得到帮助而愤愤地抱怨。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- bitterly
- loudly
- constantly
- …
- cannot
- can hardly
- have cause to
- …
- about
- at
- to
- …
词源late Middle English: from Old French complaindre, from medieval Latin complangere ‘bewail’, from Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere ‘to lament’. - She never complains, but she's obviously exhausted.