gripe

英 [ɡraɪp]

美 [ɡraɪp]

n.  抱怨; 怨言; 牢骚
v.  抱怨; 发牢骚

复数：gripes　现在分词：griping　第三人称单数：gripes　过去式：griped　过去分词：griped　

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牛津词典

noun

• 抱怨；怨言；牢骚
  a complaint about sth
  1. My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
     我对这家旅馆唯一不满的是伙食。

verb

• 抱怨；发牢骚
  to complain about sb/sth in an annoying way
  1. He's always griping about the people at work.
     他老是抱怨共事的人。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 抱怨；发牢骚
  If you say that someoneis griping, you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something.
  1. Why are football players griping when the average salary is half a million dollars?...
     足球运动员的平均薪水已达50万美金，他们为什么还要抱怨呢？
  2. They were always griping about high prices.
     他们总是抱怨物价太高。
• N-COUNT 抱怨；牢骚
  Agripeis a complaint about something.
  1. My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
     我唯一不满的就是连一道主菜和一份甜点都没有。

英英释义

noun

• informal terms for objecting
  1. I have a gripe about the service here
  Synonym:kickbeefbitchsquawk

verb

• complain
  1. What was he hollering about?
  Synonym:bitchgrousecrabbeefsquawkbellyacheholler

双语例句

• My chief gripe, it must be said, is performance.
  我的主要的抱怨，必须要提的，就是性能。
• They were always griping about high prices.
  他们总是抱怨物价太高。
• Indeed, he found the language so difficult that he even called his mother to gripe about the classes.
  的确，他发现中文掌握起来太难了，以至于他曾给母亲打电话，抱怨课程的不易。
• But the main gripe of wealthier visitors is that Singaporeans 'Mandarin is not up to scratch.
  但富裕游客们的主要抱怨是，新加坡人的汉语说得不标准。
• Copyright owners have a legitimate gripe that their creations are being posted for free online.
  版权所有者的抱怨合情合理，因为他们的创作成果被人免费发布在网上。
• The host generally pays, and no one needs to hear you gripe about appetizer prices or shrimp count.
  主人通常都会支付账单，没人想要听到你抱怨关于开胃菜的价格或者小虾的个数。
• They will never gripe about their contribution to you.
  他们从不会埋怨对你付出的一切。
• Her main gripe is that she's not being, trained properly.
  她主要的牢骚是她没有受到良好训练。
• Britons, however, have fewer reasons than most to gripe about the obscurity of laureates.
  然而，英国人有不少理由去抱怨获奖者的默默无闻。
• She's an average American girl who made a video about a typical contemporary gripe: it's annoying when people talk too loudly on their cellphones in the library.
  她是一个普通的美国女孩，并制作了一个视频陈述了一个典型的抱怨：人们在图书馆过大声地讲话会让在图书馆学习的人感到困扰。