complaint

英 [kəm'pleɪnt] 美[kəm'plent]

n. 抱怨；诉苦；疾病；委屈

近义词 bellyache squawk criticism protest gripe objection problem beef grumble stink grievance murmur

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英英释义

1. an often persistent bodily disorder or disease; a cause for complaining

2. (formerly) a loud cry (or repeated cries) of pain or rage or sorrow

3. an expression of grievance or resentment

4. (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based

5. (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense;: "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

同义词辨析

illness, sickness, disease, complaint

这些名词均有"疾病"之意。

illness：不具体指，而是泛指一切疾病，强调生病的时间或状语，语体较sickness正式一些。

sickness：较口语化，可与illness换用，但还可表示"恶心"。

disease：指具体的疾病，且通常较严重，发病时间也较长。

complaint：现代英语中，既可指症状，也可指疾病。

考试真题

Meanwhile, there are complaints that poor service at London’s major airports is discouraging foreigners from doing business in Britain.

Aches and pains are high on the list of complaints in old age.

Her household bills piled up, along with the dishes and dirty laundry, but it took near-constant complaints from her four daughters before she realized she had a problem.

Her daughter's repeated complaints

Common complaints made by office workers.

If your complaint is immediate, suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager.

But also be firm in making your complaint

If your complaint doesn't require an immediate response, it often helps to complain by letter.

What should you do if you make a complaint by letter

Your complaint may not reach the person in charge.

It is natural for students to make complaints about university education.

However, we do have to challenge the unthinking complaint that the sector does not do enough in taking ideas to market.

I can't seem to get anyone in the hospital to listen to my complaints and this outdated equipment is dangerous.

Constant complaints from passengers.

Another major complaint from the actors is the secrecy of the industry.

It's a common complaint these days.

But there are few places where clients have more grounds for complaint than America.

The latter step would largely offset the financial burden of annually pre-funding retiree health care, thus addressing a long-standing complaint by the USPS and its union.

But one specific complaint is made especially mournfully: There's never any time to read.

实用场景例句

a letter of complaint: 投诉信

a skin complaint: 皮肤病

(formal)to file/lodge (= make) a complaint: 提出控告

I can see no grounds for complaint .: 我看没理由抱怨。

a formal complaint: 正式控告

a complaint that he had been unfairly treated: 抱怨说他受到了不公正待遇

I'd like to make a complaint about the noise.: 我要就噪音问题提出投诉。

I believe you have a complaint against one of our nurses.: 我认为你对我们的一位护士有怨言。

The most common complaint is about poor service.: 最常见的投诉与服务差有关。

We received a number of complaints from customers about the lack of parking facilities.: 我们收到了来自顾客的许多投诉，抱怨缺乏停车设施。

I've got no complaints about them...: 对他们我没什么意见。

Eczema is a common skin complaint which often runs in families.: 湿疹是一种常见的皮肤病，通常具遗传性。

If you have a complaint about shoes bought from a shop covered by the Footwear Code, there are several ways of putting the matter right...: 如果对在Footwear Code旗下零售店里买的鞋有不满意的地方，有几种解决问题的方式。

There's been a record number of complaints about the standard of service on Britain's railways...: 有关英国铁路服务水平的投诉空前的多。

People have been reluctant to make formal complaints to the police...: 人们不愿向警方作出正式投诉。

What do you like to do in your spare time?: 空闲时你喜欢干什么?

The burden of his complaint was that quality was very poor.: 他投诉的要点是品质非常差.

This is a cause of complaint.: 这是抱怨的原因.

I could hear the director teeing off on his client's complaint as usual.: 我能听到主任又像平时一样对客户的抱怨发火.

He has a heart complaint.: 他有心脏病.

If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.: 如果你有不满意的事,你应该直率地对我说.

Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police.: 我们的邻居向警方控告我们.

The king's eyes gleamed with anger as he listened to the farmer's complaint.: 听到那个农民的埋怨,国王的眼里闪着愤怒的目光.

If you have any complaint, don't just sulk ; speak up.: 你有意见提出来, 不要闹意气.

The action he takes varies according to the nature of the complaint.: 他所采取的行动,根据怨言的性质,而有所不同.

I'll make a strong case for your complaint.: 我坚持要过问你提出的控告.

中文词源

complaint 抱怨，疾病

来自complain, 抱怨，被疾病侵袭。

助记提示

1、com- "intensive prefix" + -plaint-.
2、originally "beat the breast, lament (by beating the breast)". => 抱怨，诉苦，发牢骚。
3、成语“捶胸顿足”形象地诠释了词根-plaint-的引申义，可以说是心有灵犀，有异曲同工之妙。

双语例句

1. Eczema is a common skin complaint which often runs in families.: 湿疹是一种常见的皮肤病，通常具遗传性。

2. Seeing how cleverly he had been outwitted he made no complaint.: 看到自己在计谋上完全不是对手，他甘拜下风。

3. A united effort is always more effective than an isolated complaint.: 联合行动总是比单个人抱怨更有效。

4. His complaint causes dizziness and nausea.: 他的病引起了头晕和恶心。

5. Her thin voice rose high in complaint.: 她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。

英文词源

complaint (n.): late 14c., "lamentation, grief," from Old French complainte (12c.) "complaint, lament," noun use of fem. past participle of complaindre (see complain). Meaning "bodily ailment" is from 1705 (often in U.S. colloquial use generalized as complaints).

词态变化

复数: complaints;