grievance
英 ['gri?v(?)ns]
美['griv?ns]
- n. 不滿，不平；委屈；冤情
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?grievances;
中文詞源
grievance 委曲，牢騷
來自grief, 悲痛。
英文詞源
- grievance (n.)
- c. 1300, "state of being aggrieved," from Old French grevance "harm, injury, misfortune; trouble, suffering, agony, sorrow," from grever "to harm, to burden, be harmful to" (see grief). In reference to a cause of such a condition, from late 15c.
雙語例句
- 1. He will not easily forget his grievance.
- 他不會輕易忘掉他的委屈.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Their main grievance was that they had not received their pitiably low pay.
- 他們主要的抱怨是沒有拿到那少得可憐的工資。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The main grievance of the drivers is the imposition of higher fees for driving licences.
- 讓駕駛員深感不滿的是駕駛執(zhí)照收費的提高。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. They had a legitimate grievance.
- 他們的抱怨是合乎情理的。
來自辭典例句
- 5. She will use this as a peg to hang her grievance on.
- 她會利用這個作為發(fā)泄怨憤的借口.
來自辭典例句