complain的用法和辨析
词汇精选:complain的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
v.
抱怨,诉苦,发牢骚 [I,T]
例句:
For my own part, I have nothing to complain of.
我这方面没有什么好抱怨的。
例句:
He complained that the exam was too hard.
他抱怨考试太难了。
例句:
You've got nothing to [complain] about.
你没什么可抱怨的。
申诉,投诉,控诉,抗议 [I,T]
例句:
He complained to the police of the boys stealing his apples.
他向警方控告那些男孩偷他的苹果。
例句:
I wasn't satisfied with our treatment at that hotel, so I shall complain to the proprietor.
我不满意我们在那家旅馆受到的待遇,因此我要向旅馆老板投诉。
二、词义辨析:
complain,grumble,murmur
这些动词均含“抱怨、埋忽”之意。 complain侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。 grumble指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。 murmur多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。
三、参考例句:
He complain of police harassment.
他抱怨警察对他的不断侵扰。
He did nothing but complain.
他除了抱怨以外,什么也没做。
You complain about unexpected assignments.
你抱怨额外的工作量。
Complain about the copy machine.
抱怨复印机。
You've got nothing to complain about.
你没什么可抱怨的。
I shall complain to the management.
我要找管理人员去提意见。
I have nothing to complain of
我没什么可抱怨的。
Don't complain or carp persistently.
不要时不时抱怨或找茬。
I won't complain of your pitch.
我不抱怨你装腔作势。
Don't complain without good cause.
没有充分的理由就不要抱怨。
高考应用文关键词整理--complain、complaint、dissatisfied、dissatisfaction
评卷时,发现许多同学在使用某一类应用文关键词的时候常常出错,如在写邀请信时,要么是invite搭配错误,要么是出现拼写错误,写成了invent,甚至根本就没有出现表示应用功能的关键词invite。对于这类试卷,评卷老师会直接给不及格的分数,更不必说得高分了。从根本上说,这是基础问题,这样的错误纯属低级错误,很难得到评卷老师的原谅。所以,同学们一定要花些时间牢记这些关键词的用法,减少低级错误,争取应用文得高分。
今天推送的是表“投诉”的关键词---complain、complaint、dissatisfied、dissatisfaction 。写投诉信时,你可以用到这些关键词。
complain
--to say that you are annoyed, unhappy or
not satisfied about sb/sth v. 抱怨;埋怨;
1. complain (to sb) about sth
向...投诉(抱怨)...
☉Neighbours complained to the police about the dogs barking.
邻居向警方投诉狗吠扰民。
☉I'm writing to complain to you about the service I received.
我写信向你投诉我所得到的服务。
☉Residents living near the airport have a lot to complain about.
住在机场附近的居民有许多事要投诉。
☉We felt we had good reason to complain about the food at the hotel.
我认为你有理由投诉酒店里的菜。
☉They are complaining about the noise and mess caused by builders working on apartments for the elderly.
他们正在对建筑工人建造老年公寓所引起的噪音与混乱进行投诉。
complaint
--something that you complain about
n. 投诉的事,不满的事
1. One's complaint is sth或that 从句
某人不满的是...
☉Our main complaint was the poor standard of service.
我们主要投诉的是服务质量差。
☉My only complaint is that the price is rather high.
我唯一不满的就是价格很高
☉A common complaint of children is that parents do not listen to them.
儿童普遍的不满是家长不听他们的意见。
2. make a complaint (to sb) about sth
向...投诉(抱怨)...