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complaining

/kuhm-pleyn/US // kəmˈpleɪn //UK // (kəmˈpleɪn) //

抱怨,抱怨声,埋怨,投诉

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
    • : to tell of one's pains, ailments, etc.: to complain of a backache.
    • : to make a formal accusation: If you think you've been swindled, complain to the police.

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Examples

  • The government agencies charged with enforcing labor laws don’t investigate because nobody is complaining.

  • She messaged a friend to ask whether any of her classmates had complained.

  • If nobody complains, there is rarely proactive investigation or enforcement.

  • In January, several women came forward as a group to complain about his behavior.

  • Rattled by the letter, Rhine complained to Jung, who tried to track down the critical piece but found no evidence of its existence.

  • They constantly break the fourth wall, yelling and complaining to the cameramen.

  • People in the comments section were complaining about the length of one of these essays that ran in The New Yorker.

  • Jazz lovers who had taken exception to the previous bashing were told to lighten up, and stop complaining.

  • “I got a call earlier with a resident complaining that one of the news copters was flying too low,” he said.

  • Citizens of the Golden State love complaining about undocumented immigrants, but the state would collapse without them.

  • Neither was it used as a means of help for the infantry, who go complaining through the streets.

  • When the family returned from the court house, Orlean had retired at once, complaining of a headache.

  • Those we have been examining, complaining about, and moralising over, all our life time.

  • Mr. Worthington could not take the resigned view of their circumstances that his wife took, but often gave way to complaining.

  • He wrote to his friends in England imploring, remonstrating, complaining of their lamentable want of public spirit.