gripe

英 [gra?p] 美[ɡra?p]

TEM8GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?gripes;過(guò)去式:?griped;過(guò)去分詞:?griped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?griping;

1. grope <===>gripe, grip.
2. 因?yàn)榻g痛而非常痛苦、而深受折磨和苦惱，進(jìn)而因此而抱怨。
3. gripe→grape(n. 葡萄)→吃不到葡萄就說(shuō)葡萄酸→發(fā)牢騷

gripe 抱怨，牢騷

詞源同grab, grapple. 比喻義麻煩纏身的，痛苦，抱怨，發(fā)牢騷。

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.

2. My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.: 我唯一不滿(mǎn)的就是連一道主菜和一份甜點(diǎn)都沒(méi)有。

3. My main gripe is, there's no hot water there.: 我主要不滿(mǎn)的是, 那兒沒(méi)有熱水.

4. He likes to have a good gripe from time to time.: 他時(shí)常愛(ài)發(fā)上一通牢騷.

5. Owners gripe that a government make - work scheme lures away their workers.: 業(yè)主還抱怨說(shuō)政府的就業(yè)幫扶方案引誘走了他們的員工.