complain
[kəm`plєn;
kəmˋplєin]
《源自拉丁文“深感悲伤”的意思》
不及物动词
1 a. 发牢骚,抱怨
Some people are always ~ing.
有些人总是在抱怨
"How are you ?"-"I can't ~.".
“你好吗?”“很好啊”
b. 诉说[有关…的]牢骚 [怨言,不满] ,哭诉,抱怨[of, about]
She ~ed of the room being sordid.
她抱怨那房间肮脏
I have nothing to ~ of.
我没有任何不满 [怨言]
2 诉说 [病苦] [of]
She ~ed of a stomachache.
她诉说肚子痛
(说肚子痛)
3 [向警察等] 控诉[某事],诉苦,抱怨[to][of, about]
I ~ed to the police about my neighbor's
dog.
我向警方控诉邻居家的狗
She ~ed to me of her company's coldness to
her.
她向我抱怨她朋友对她的冷淡
及物动词
1 a. 抱怨<某事>
He ~s that his job gives him no
satisfaction.
他抱怨他的工作不能满足他
b. 抱怨地说<某事>
"You are always late home." she ~ed.
她抱怨地说 :“你总是晚归”
2 [向…]诉说<某事>,诉苦,抱怨[to]
She ~ed (to me) that her father drank too
much.
她 (向我) 诉苦她父亲酒喝得太多了