complain

【发音】

美 /kəm'plen/ 英 /kəm'pleɪn/

【翻译】

1. vi. 抱怨， 诉苦； 控告， 投诉

   英释:If you complain about a situation, you say that you are not satisfied with it

【记忆】

com ＋ plain(平常的) → 不要抱怨生活的平淡 → 抱怨， 诉苦

【短语】

1. complain about : 抱怨

2. complain of : n. 抱怨；抗议

【例句】

1. Miners have complained bitterly that the government did not fulfil their promises.

   矿工们已愤愤地抱怨政府没有兑现他们的承诺。

2. The couple complained about the high cost of visiting Europe.

   这对夫妇抱怨了游览欧洲的高昂花费。

3. I shouldn't complain, I've got a good job to go back to.

   我不该抱怨，我已有可回去干的一份好工作。

4. "I wish someone would do something about it," he complained.

   “我希望有人能对此做点什么，”他抱怨道。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...complain less and are closer to family members...

2. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第一套 • 写作题)...while pessimists complain that we will experience the greatest unemployment crisis in human history...

3. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...But US researchers quietly complain about budget restraints and having far fewer icebreakers the Russia...

4. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...American scientists complain about lack of sufficient money and equipment for their expansion in Antarctica...

5. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...There’s a lot for students to complain about the repayment threshold for paying back loans will be frozen for five years...

6. (2013.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 写作题)...More and more people complain that they are lost in the information age...

7. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 听力题)...What does the woman complain about...

8. (2012.12 • CET6 • 第二套 • 听力题)...but he urged me not to complain too loudly...

9. (2010.12 • CET6 • • 听力题)...What do some people who write to the man complain about...

【同、近义词】

1. vi.投诉；发牢骚；诉说

   whine about/beef/

2. vt.抱怨；控诉

   beef about/rail against/

【同根词】

1. adj

   complaining : 抱怨的

2. adv

   complainingly : 抱怨地；发牢骚地；诉苦地

3. n

   complaint : 抱怨；诉苦；疾病；委屈

   complainant : [法] 原告；发牢骚的人；抱怨者

   complainer : 老是抱怨的人

4. v

   complaining : 抱怨（complain的ing形式）；控诉