gripe

noun

1. 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

1. 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。

1. VERB 抱怨；发牢骚
   If you say that someone is 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。
2. N-COUNT 抱怨；牢骚
   A gripe is 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。

1. They were always griping about high prices.
   他们总是抱怨物价太高。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. Two extremes in my life that most of the time I find uncomfortable. I normally dread them and gripe about it all the way through.
   在大多数时候，我对生活中的两个极端都不感到舒服。我总是惧怕它们，并且一直在抱怨。
5. The host generally pays, and no one needs to hear you gripe about appetizer prices or shrimp count.
   主人通常都会支付账单，没人想要听到你抱怨关于开胃菜的价格或者小虾的个数。
6. They will never gripe about their contribution to you.
   他们从不会埋怨对你付出的一切。
7. 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。
8. Indeed, he found the language so difficult that he even called his mother to gripe about the classes.
   的确，他发现中文掌握起来太难了，以至于他曾给母亲打电话，抱怨课程的不易。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. Britons, however, have fewer reasons than most to gripe about the obscurity of laureates.
    然而，英国人有不少理由去抱怨获奖者的默默无闻。
12. I guess this is just a gripe rather than what you are looking for.
    我想我说的这些仅仅是抱怨，而不是你想要的东西。
13. Copyright owners have a legitimate gripe that their creations are being posted for free online.
    版权所有者的抱怨合情合理，因为他们的创作成果被人免费发布在网上。
14. 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。
15. Question: what's the biggest gripe of retirees?
    问：退休的人最常发的牢骚是？
16. My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
    我对这家旅馆惟一的不满是食物。
17. 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。
18. My main gripe is, there's no hot water.
    我主要的不满是这里没有热水供应。
19. He likes to have a good gripe from time to time.
    他时常爱发上一通牢骚。
20. She's an average American girl who made a video about a typical contemporary gripe: it's annoying when people talk too loudly on their cellphones in the library.
    她是一个普通的美国女孩，并制作了一个视频陈述了一个典型的抱怨：人们在图书馆过大声地讲话会让在图书馆学习的人感到困扰。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. Now the Internet lets you gripe about your relationship endlessly, and for free.
    如今，互联网让你可以无止尽地抱怨你的夫妻关系，而且还是免费的。
24. Anyway, I'm not here to gripe about your English.
    无论如何我不会抱怨你的英语水平。
25. Or gripe and complain, make life hard on someone.
    也可以满腹牢骚，抱怨不停，让他人不悦。
26. But the main gripe of wealthier visitors is that Singaporeans 'Mandarin is not up to scratch.
    但富裕游客们的主要抱怨是，新加坡人的汉语说得不标准。
27. 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。
28. My chief gripe, it must be said, is performance.
    我的主要的抱怨，必须要提的，就是性能。
29. 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。

noun

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

   Synonym:    kickbeefbitchsquawk

verb

1. complain
   1. What was he hollering about?

   Synonym:    bitchgrousecrabbeefsquawkbellyacheholler