grievance

英 ['ɡriːvəns] 美 ['ɡriːvəns]

• n. 委屈；冤情；苦况

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 牢骚，抱怨，不满，不平，委屈
2. 苦情，苦难，苦，苦况
3. 冤苦悲叹
4. 伤害
5. 苦笑
6. 苦恼，苦衷
7. 申诉，鸣不平
8. 不平的事
9. 冤情
10. 怨恨

英英释义

Noun:

1. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation;

   "holding a grudge"
   "settling a score"
   

2. an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice

3. a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The idea makes me feel a sense of grievance.
   我突然感到很委屈。
2. He will not easily forget his grievance.
   他不会轻易忘掉他的委屈。
3. He used the occasion to express all his old grievance against the chairman.
   他利用那机会表达了对主席积压已久的怨气。
4. A committee was set up to look into the workers' grievances.
   成立了一个委员会来调查工人的不满。
5. Nobody could redress the grievance for him.
   没人能为他申冤。
6. Nursing a grievance makes you bitter.
   积怨在心只能使你不愉快。
7. He took the dose down with a grievance.
   他苦着脸吞下了那付药。

经典引文

• A letter to The Times, the usual resort of an Englishman with a grievance.

  出自： G. A. Birmingham

• He listened personally to any grievances and when justified put them right.

  出自： V. Cronin

词汇搭配

• grievance procedure 苦情处理制度...
• nurse a grievance 心怀不满

近反义词

【近义词】

• injustice 不公正
• complaint 抱怨
• objection 反对
• protest 抗议
• wrong 错误的
• injury 伤害
• gripe 抱怨
• evil 邪恶的
• criticism 批评
• grumble 发牢骚
• moan 呻吟声
• whinge <英>哀鸣
• ill-treatment 虐待
• unfairness 不公平
• infringement 驳斥
• trial 审讯
• tribulation 苦难
• kick 踢
• grief 悲痛
• score 得分
• grudge 怨恨