gripe

词源同grab, grapple. 比喻义麻烦缠身的，痛苦，抱怨，发牢骚。

gripe (v.)

c. 1200, "to clutch, seize firmly," from Old English gripan "grasp at, lay hold, attack, take, seek to get hold of," from Proto-Germanic *gripan (cognates: Old Saxon gripan, Old Norse gripa, Dutch grijpen, Gothic greipan, Old High German grifan, German greifen "to seize"), from PIE root *ghreib- "to grip" (cognates: Lithuanian griebiu "to seize"). Figurative sense of "complain, grouse" is first attested 1932, probably from earlier meaning "produce a gripping pain in the bowels" (c. 1600; compare bellyache). Related: Griped; griping.

gripe (n.)

late 14c., "a fast hold, clutch, grasp," from gripe (v.). From c. 1600 as "cramp, pain in the bowels" (earlier of pangs of grief, etc., 1540s). Figurative sense of "a complaint" is by 1934.

1. My only gripe about the hotel was the food.

我对这家旅馆唯一不满的是伙食。

来自《权威词典》

2. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. My main gripe is, there's no hot water there.

我主要不满的是, 那儿没有热水.

来自辞典例句

4. He likes to have a good gripe from time to time.

他时常爱发上一通牢骚.

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5. Owners gripe that a government make - work scheme lures away their workers.

业主还抱怨说政府的就业帮扶方案引诱走了他们的员工.

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