gripe

英 [ɡraɪp]

美 [ɡraɪp]

n. 抱怨; 怨言; 牢骚
v. 抱怨; 发牢骚

复数：gripes　现在分词：griping　第三人称单数：gripes　过去式：griped　过去分词：griped　

Collins.1 / BNC.32678 / COCA.17456

牛津词典

noun

抱怨；怨言；牢骚
a complaint about sth
1. My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
  我对这家旅馆唯一不满的是伙食。

verb

抱怨；发牢骚
to complain about sb/sth in an annoying way
1. He's always griping about the people at work.
  他老是抱怨共事的人。

VERB 抱怨；发牢骚
If you say that someoneis griping, you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something.
1. Why are football players griping when the average salary is half a million dollars?...
  足球运动员的平均薪水已达50万美金，他们为什么还要抱怨呢？
2. They were always griping about high prices.
  他们总是抱怨物价太高。
N-COUNT 抱怨；牢骚
Agripeis a complaint about something.
1. My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
  我唯一不满的就是连一道主菜和一份甜点都没有。

noun

informal terms for objecting
1. I have a gripe about the service here
Synonym:kickbeefbitchsquawk

verb

complain
1. What was he hollering about?
Synonym:bitchgrousecrabbeefsquawkbellyacheholler

He likes to have a good gripe from time to time.
他时常爱发上一通牢骚。
However, my biggest single gripe is that this place is a high priced diploma mill.
但是，最让我纠结的是这个学校的高价的野鸡大学。
The Chinese gripe that the plan for freer movement of goods involves few specifics.
中国方面抱怨说，这一让商品自由流动的计划几乎没什么具体细节。
Her main gripe is that she's not being, trained properly.
她主要的牢骚是她没有受到良好训练。
I gripe more from habit than from genuine distress.
我抱怨是出于我的习惯，并非遭遇真正的不幸。
Today, we gripe about it taking an extra few seconds for a text message to go through.
而今天，如果一条文字信息的传送多花了几秒钟的时间，我们就会发牢骚。
They were always griping about high prices.
他们总是抱怨物价太高。
No matter what has transpired, do not gripe and complain about your ex-friend to other workers.
不论发生了什么，绝不要和其他的同事去抱怨你之前的朋友。
My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
我对这家旅馆惟一的不满是食物。
Fliers gripe that getting through airport security lines can be too slow.
飞机乘客抱怨说通过机场的安检通道可能太慢了。