英汉词典

complain 基本解释

• vi. 投诉；发牢骚；诉说
• vt. 抱怨；控诉

complain 词态变化

complain 中文词源

com-, 强调。-plag, 击打，词源同plague, plangent.指捶胸顿足的，抱怨的。

complain 英文词源

complain

complain: [14] Complain goes back to the Latin in verb plangere, source also of English plangent. This was formed on a prehistoric base *plak- (from which we also get plankton), and it originally meant ‘hit’. Its meaning developed metaphorically through ‘beat one’s breast’ to ‘lament’, and in medieval Latin it was combined with the intensive prefix com- to produce complangere. When it entered English via Old French complaindre it still meant ‘lament’, and although this sense had died out by about 1700, traces of it remain in ‘complain of’ a particular illness. Complaint [14] came from Old French complainte.
=> plangent, plankton

complain (v.)

late 14c., "find fault, lament," from stem of Old French complaindre "to lament" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *complangere, originally "to beat the breast," from Latin com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + plangere "to strike, beat the breast" (see plague (n.)). Older sense of "lament" died out 17c. Related: Complained; complaining.

complain 英文释义

1. express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;

"My mother complains all day"

"She has a lot to kick about"

2. make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge;

"The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client"

complain 同义词解析

complain, grumble, murmur

这些动词均含"抱怨，埋忽"之意。

complain： 侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。

grumble： 指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。

murmur： 多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。

complain 双语例句

1. If you're not satisfied with the life you're living, don't just complain. Do something about it.

对于现况的不满，不能只是抱怨，要有勇气作出改变。

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2. Faculty members complain that their students are unprepared to do college-level work.

学院的老师们抱怨说他们的学生还很不适应大学的课业。

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3. He came to complain about the volume of the music.

他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。

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4. 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。

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5. If you are not happy about a repair, go back and complain.

如果你对修理效果不满意，可以再找他们投诉。

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complain 实用场景例句

I'm going to complain to the manager about this.

我要就这件事向经理投诉。

牛津词典

She never complains, but she's obviously exhausted.

她虽然从不抱怨，但显然已疲惫不堪。

牛津词典

The defendant complained of intimidation during the investigation.

被告申诉在调查期间受到了恐吓。

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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。

牛津词典

‘It's not fair, ’ she complained.

“这不公平。”她抱怨道。

牛津词典

(informal)‘How are you? ’ ‘Oh, I can't complain (= I'm all right) . ’

“你好吗？”“啊，没的抱怨的。”

牛津词典

She left early, complaining of a headache.

她说自己头疼，很早就离开了。

牛津词典

He complained of a headache.

他说头痛。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The American couple complained about the high cost of visiting Europe...

这对美国夫妇抱怨到欧洲旅行的花销太高。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Miners have complained bitterly that the government did not fulfill their promises...

矿工们愤愤不平地抱怨说政府没有履行诺言。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He didn't half complain!

他很不满意!

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You are really an ungrateful wretch to complain instead of thanking him.

你不但不谢他,还埋怨他,真不知好歹.

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We have nothing to complain of.

我们没有什么可发牢骚的.

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She has to complain against the slight injuries.

她不得不诉说这轻微的伤害.

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He started to complain about this wicked world.

他开始对这个邪恶的世界发牢骚了.

《用法词典》

I have to complain against him because of his rudeness.

我不得不申诉他的无礼.

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They said that her husband used to knock her around but they had never heard her complain.

他们说她丈夫曾对她拳打脚踢,但从没听她诉过苦.

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Don't complain of being hard up before me!

不要在我面前哭穷!

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They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.

他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉.

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She wrote an impassioned letter to her local newspaper to complain about the new road.

她给当地的报纸写了一封措辞激烈的信,抱怨新修的马路.

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Complain to the boy's mother, not to me.

找孩子的母亲说去, 别找我.

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I'm going to complain to the manager about this.

我要就这件事向经理投诉。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Then they had the gall to complain!

而且他们居然还有脸抱怨！

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't.

我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

Nurses complain of being overworked and underpaid .

护士抱怨工作劳累过度而报酬过低。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

He came to complain about the volume of the music.

他过来抱怨音乐的音量太高了。

柯林斯例句

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。

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