gripe

/ɡraɪp/
VCE 📚 18299 1 GRE
If you say that someone is griping, you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something. 不停地抱怨

noun [专属名词] 发牢骚;肠胃绞痛;紧握;小艇扣带

Still, the griping went on. 怨声仍旧不止。

verb [vi. 不及物动词] 发牢骚;肠胃绞痛;握紧;惹恼;用扣带系紧(小艇);偏航

Why are football players griping when the average salary is half a million dollars? 为什么足球运动员平均薪水50万美元还总是发牢骚呢?

g(看作go) + ripe(成熟的) → 成年人容易抱怨 → 抱怨
单词造句:
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My only gripe about the hotel was the food. 我对这家旅馆唯一不满的是伙食。
My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable. 我惟一的不满是还差一道主食和一份甜点。