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B1 to say that something is wrong or not satisfactory: complain about Lots of people have complained about the noise. You're always complaining! [ + that ] He complained that his boss was useless and he had too much work.
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to say something is not right or satisfactorycomplainI hate to complain, but the film was terrible.grumbleShe's always grumbling about something.whineI hope you don't think I'm just whining.kvetchStop kvetching about it!make a fussIf the food doesn't come soon, I'm going to make a fuss.file a complaintI've filed a complaint with the police about the noise.
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B1 to tell someone formally that something is wrong: complain to If the service was so bad, why didn't you complain to the manager?
更多范例减少例句Over three hundred listeners phoned in to complain about the programme.Teachers complain that more of their time is taken up with administration than with teaching.They were afraid to complain about the noise in case they annoyed the neighbours.She was complaining about all the sex and violence on television.After her fall she complained that she couldn't bend her leg properly.
“SMART 词汇”：相关单词和短语
Complaining
be/go on at someone idiom
bellyaching
bemoan
bewail
brouhaha
bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark! idiom
carping
clamour
grizzle
jaw
make noises idiom
mutter
nag
pardon
remonstrate
representation
start on at someone phrasal verb
teeth gnashing
unreported
whiner
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相关词语
complainingly短语动词
complain of something
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complain | 美式英语词典
complainverb [ I ] us
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to say that something is wrong or not good enough: Bill and Nancy are always complaining about their neighbor, whose dog frightens their kids. [ + that clause ] She complained that she had too much work to do.
If you complain of a physical condition, you describe something that hurts or makes you feel ill: She complained of aching knees from her arthritis.
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complain | 商务英语
complainverb [ I ] uk
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to tell someone that something is wrong or not satisfactory, and that you are annoyed about it: complain about sth Workers complain about the conditions in which they are forced to work.complain that The chief executive complained that there were no systems of accountability, financial control, or planning.
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complain的例句
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These workers recognised the existence of a status quo and were quick to complain when the 'economy of the g ift' failed to deliver.
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He took up the cause of private enterprise and complained of excessive taxes and government interference.
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Delegates regularly complained of long days in meetings and many days away from work and family.
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When people demand to have 'choices, not echoes', are they truly complaining about not having distinct choices or just about facing a bad outcome?
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But one might complain that the emphasis on aggression and guilt fits rather badly with the unambiguously affirmative tone of the opera's conclusion.
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Almost all operators complain of high costs, in particular high charges for electricity, water and fuel.
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If litigation over the initial terms of hire was infrequent, mariners often complained when masters or merchants changed a ship's destination midvoyage.
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But villages often complain that they do not gain any income from these fees.
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Here he was complaining about the tendency of critics to apply an abstract body of classical rules.
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He often complained about the 'moralistic attitude' which seemed to motivate many of his critics.
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Many of our participants clearly felt that they ' mustn't complain ', which may be an adaptive psychological strategy for coping with the vicissitudes of advancing age.
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Thus, wives may complain more about lack of involvement in household decisions.
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In their households and in the market, the women complained about the fact that certain issues were never addressed at the meetings.
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But if reviewers complained about the opera's hybridity, they nonetheless cited these episodes of celebration as favourites.
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Moreover, planters complained that larger estates were being forced to provide these services while smaller estates and smallholdings were exempted from these rules.
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