gripes

英 [ɡraɪps]

美 [ɡraɪps]

v.  抱怨; 发牢骚
gripe的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 抱怨；发牢骚
  If you say that someoneis griping, you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something.
  1. Why are football players griping when the average salary is half a million dollars?...
     足球运动员的平均薪水已达50万美金，他们为什么还要抱怨呢？
  2. They were always griping about high prices.
     他们总是抱怨物价太高。
• N-COUNT 抱怨；牢骚
  Agripeis a complaint about something.
  1. My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
     我唯一不满的就是连一道主菜和一份甜点都没有。

英英释义

noun

• acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)
  Synonym:colicintestinal colicgriping

双语例句

• Yes, the manager has an obligation to listen to your gripes and dissatisfactions, but to dominate the conversation with these messages absolutely affects your work's value in the manager's eyes.
  虽然，经理有义务去聆听你的不满意和抱怨。但是，总是主动和经理谈论这些问题无疑会影响你在他们眼里的工作价值。
• What gripes him most about her is that she doesn't put on any flesh.
  这个女人最使他不快的是身上一点肉也没有。
• Spitting and swearing were the most offensive behaviours, it found, while queue-jumping and not saying "please" or "thank you" were other main gripes.
  调查发现，随地吐痰和说脏话被认为是最无礼的行为；插队、不说“请”和“谢谢”等行为也被认为是没有礼貌的主要表现。
• The gripes that make their way to the inbox of my Ask Real Estate column offer a glimpse into how residents cope with the myriad irritations that come with living in cramped and costly homes.
  从我的房地产答疑（AskRealEstate）专栏所收到的抱怨信中，我们可以一窥居民们是如何应对生活在拥挤、昂贵的住房中的种种不顺心的。
• But some of the gripes that investment banks have about the TSE look unlikely to go away for some time.
  但各投资银行对于东京证交所的某些抱怨，似乎在一段时间内不太可能消失。
• They have been listening to people's gripes, moans and praise.
  他们一直在倾听人们的牢骚、抱怨和表扬。
• I stay home and take care of the family without any gripes.
  每天待在家里任劳任怨。
• GISELA STUART, a Labour MP, trots round her Birmingham constituency, listening to gripes about traffic, litter and the sundry inconveniences of life in a busy city.
  吉塞拉·斯图尔特，一名工党议员，当她走遍伯明翰选区的时候，听取各方关于交通，垃圾处理以及生活在这个繁忙都会的各种不便的抱怨。
• These claims managers help mobilise those with gripes, raising the number of complaints, and cut the time and effort involved in making claims.
  这些索赔经理们靠不满，提高抱怨的数量向那些公司索赔，这有助于削减索赔的时间和精力。
• Mother gripes at me when I'm late for breakfast.
  每当我早饭吃晚了，母亲就要抱怨。