怨声载道：complain有几种意思

You guys do nothing but complain about how you can't,stand it in this place here, and then you haven't got the guts to walk out?What do you think you are, for Christ's sake? Crazy or something?

——One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

你们一直抱怨这个地方， 但是你们没有勇气走出这里，你们以为你们是疯子吗？

——《飞越疯人院 》

一、下面我们来看看complain有几种含义

v.

1.抱怨，诉苦，发牢骚 [I,T]

For my own part, I have nothing to complain of.

我这方面没有什么好抱怨的。

2.申诉，投诉，控诉，抗议 [I,T]

He complained to the police of the boys stealing his apples.

他向警方控告那些男孩偷他的苹果。

二、词义辨析：有哪些词汇能表示“抱怨”的意思

complain, grumble, murmur

这些动词均含“抱怨、埋忽”之意。complain侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。grumble指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。murmur多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。

三、最后，做个小测试巩固一下吧

She never ___________, but she's obviously exhausted.她虽然从不抱怨,但显然已疲惫不堪。