英语单词
complaint是什么意思
complaint
英 [kəm'pleɪnt]
美 [kəm'plent]
- n. 抱怨；诉苦；疾病；委屈
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。
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。
中文词源
complaint 抱怨，疾病
来自complain, 抱怨，被疾病侵袭。
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).
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。
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- 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。
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- 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。
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- 4. His complaint causes dizziness and nausea.
- 他的病引起了头晕和恶心。
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- 5. Her thin voice rose high in complaint.
- 她抱怨时抬高了尖细的嗓音。
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