Complain

[kəm'pleɪn] or [kəm'plen]

解释:

(verb.) make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge; 'The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client'.

(verb.) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; 'My mother complains all day'; 'She has a lot to kick about'.

编辑:尼特--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

(v. i.) To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.

(v. t.) To lament; to bewail.

戴夫校对

同义词及近义词：

v. n. Murmur, lament, bewail, grumble, croak, find fault.

埃尔默编辑

同义词及反义词：

[See GROWL]

校对:斯坦顿

解释:

v.i. to express grief pain censure: to murmur or express a sense of injury: to accuse: to make a mournful sound: to be ill—e.g. 'to complain of a sore throat.'—n. complaint.—ns. Complain′ant one who complains: (law) one who raises a suit a plaintiff; Complain′er a murmurer: complainant; Complain′ing the action of the verb complain: complaint.—adv. Complain′ingly.—n. Complaint′ a complaining: an expression of grief: a representation of pains or injuries: a finding fault: the thing complained of: a disease: an ailment.

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