grumble

英 ['ɡrʌmbl] 美 ['ɡrʌmbl]

• v. 发牢骚；抱怨；轰鸣
• n. 怨言；牢骚；轰隆声

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 发怨言; 鸣不平

   complain or protest in a bad-tempered way

2. vt. 抱怨地说

   say in a sullen, dissatisfied way

英英释义

Noun:

1. a loud low dull continuous noise;

   "they heard the rumbling of thunder"
   

2. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

Verb:

1. show one's unhappiness or critical attitude;

   "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"
   "We grumbled about the increased work load"
   

2. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath;

   "she grumbles when she feels overworked"
   

3. to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds;

   "he grumbled a rude response"
   "Stones grumbled down the cliff"
   

4. make a low noise;

   "rumbling thunder"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. A lot of students grumble about heavy reading assignments.
   许多学生发牢骚说阅读量太大。
2. It's not like him to grumble at her.
   抱怨她可不像他的做法。
3. We've got nothing to grumble about.
   我们没什么可抱怨的。
4. They will grumble about having to do the work.
   他们将为不得不干那项工作而抱怨。
5. Thunder begins to grumble in the distance.
   远处，雷声已经开始隆隆作响。

用作名词 (n.)

1. I don't want to hear another grumble from you.
   我不愿再听到你的怨言了。
2. He has everything he needs, but he is still full of grumbles.
   他需要的一切都得到了，却还牢骚满腹。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Don't grumble.
   不要发牢骚。
2. The man is grumbling.
   这人正在发牢骚。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Students often grumble their teachers just as the teacher grumbles them.
   学生经常抱怨老师,就像老师抱怨学生一样。
2. He grumbled the bad food.
   他抱怨伙食开得不好。
3. Consumers grumbled their endless complaints.
   消费者无休止地抱怨。

S+～+that-clause

1. The office worker often grumbles that she is unfairly treated by her boss.
   这位办公室工作人员经常发牢骚说老板对她不公平。
2. Mother often grumbles that I don't work hard.
   妈妈经常抱怨我不努力学习。
3. You cannot grumble that he often gets late for school.
   你不能抱怨他上学老迟到。
4. They grumbled to me that the decision was not fair.
   他们向我抱怨说那裁决不公平。

经典引文

• Bluebottles grumbling up and down the window-pane.

  出自： D. Abse

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

grumble about (v.+prep.)

抱怨,指责 complain or accuse
grumble about sth
They were all grumbling about the company's refusal to increase their pay.

他们都在埋怨公司拒绝给他们加工资。
I have already had all I need,I grumble about nothing.

我已经有了我所需要的一切,再没有什么可抱怨的了。
There's no pleasing our teacher, he always grumbles about our work even when we've done our best.

没有办法取悦我们的老师,他总是埋怨我们的学业不好,即使我们竭尽努力也不行。

grumble at (v.+prep.)

抱怨,指责 complain or accuse
grumble at sb/sth
Why grumble at me about your own mistakes?

这是你的愚蠢错误,为什么要抱怨我?
Grumbling at difficulties is no way to overcome them.

抱怨困难是无济于事的。
He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties.

他不是果敢地去面对困难,而是抱怨自己运气不佳。
There's no pleasing our teacher, he always grumbles at our work even when we've done our best.

没有办法取悦我们的老师,他总是埋怨我们的学业不好,即使我们竭尽努力也不行。

grumble over (v.+prep.)

抱怨,指责 complain or accuse
grumble over sth
The students often grumble over the food.

学生们老是抱怨伙食。
He could do nothing but grumble over the situation.

他除了埋怨局势之外别无他法。
Don't grumble over this food, it's quite good.

有这样的饭菜就别埋怨了,已经够好的了。
Taxpayers are grumbling about the waste of government money, as usual.

纳税者一如既往,埋怨政府的钱浪费掉了。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• grumble the bad food 抱怨伙食不好
• grumble the boss 抱怨老板
• grumble the situation 抱怨局势
• grumble the students 抱怨学生
• grumble the teacher 抱怨老师
• grumble the weather 抱怨天气

～+副词

• grumble forever 抱怨个没完
• grumble constantly 不断地抱怨
• grumble out 牢骚

～+介词

• grumble about 为…而发牢骚
• grumble at 抱怨…
• grumble into 发出…声
• grumble over 抱怨…

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. grumble的基本含义是“发怨言”“抱怨地说”,这种抱怨大多是没理由的或喋喋不休的,既可以是指上级对下级的抱怨,也可以是下级对上级的抱怨,这种牢骚常常会使人感到反感。
2. grumble可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词或that引导的从句作宾语。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

grumble about, grumble at, grumble over, grumble to

• 这组短语都是“抱怨”的意思。其区别是：
• grumble about和grumble over用于“人抱怨事物”; grumble at也用于“人抱怨事物”,还用于“人抱怨人”; grumble to则指“向人抱怨事物或人”。

grumble, complain, murmur

• 这组词的共同意思是“抱怨”或“埋怨”。其区别是：
• 1.complain是向别人诉苦; murmur是背着别人自言自语地“抱怨”; grumble通常带有感情色彩和个人情绪,指一边发脾气,一边自己对自己叽叽咕咕。
• 2.complain还有“投诉”的意思。
• 3.grumble多用于指男性。

complain，grumble，murmur

• 这些动词均含“抱怨、埋怨”之意。
• complain侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。
• grumble指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。
• murmur多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。

近反义词

【近义词】

• complain 抱怨
• mutter 咕哝
• gripe 抱怨
• complaint 抱怨
• moan 呻吟声
• grouse 松鸡
• protest 抗议
• object 物体
• bellyache 腹痛
• whinge <英>哀鸣
• objection 反对
• grouch 不高兴的人
• growl 吠声
• squawk 叫声
• kick 踢
• snarl 吼叫
• rumble 隆隆声
• murmur 低语
• grumbling 喃喃鸣不平的...
• scold 责骂
• croak 嗄嗄叫
• muttering 嗫语
• murmuring 嘟囔的
• rumbling 隆隆声
• gnarl 吼叫