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

My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
我对这家旅馆惟一的不满是食物。
The one gripe I do have with the Quest is in the level design.
我确实有寻求有的一报怨在水平内设计。
Of course, global rivals demoted by the arrival of the Chinese have little to gripe about.
当然，全球竞争对手的市值排名尽管被中国上市银行超越，也没有什么可抱怨的。
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。
He likes to have a good gripe from time to time.
他时常爱发上一通牢骚。
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。
Question: what's the biggest gripe of retirees?
问：退休的人最常发的牢骚是？
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。
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。
MILLER: Reiben, pay attention. Now, this is the way to gripe. Continue, jackson.
听好了，这才是抱怨的正确方法。