| 词汇 | grumbled |
| 释义 | grumbled past simple and past participle ofgrumble grumble verb[ I ] uk /ˈɡrʌm.bəl/ us /ˈɡrʌm.bəl/ to complain about someone or something in an annoyed way: 发牢骚，抱怨，嘟囔 grumble aboutShe spent the evening grumbling to me about her job.她一晚上都在向我抱怨她的工作。 [ + speech ]"You never hang your coat up," she grumbled.“你就从来不会把外套挂起来。”她埋怨道。 to say something is not right or satisfactory complainI hate to complain, but the film was terrible. grumbleShe's always grumbling about something. whineI hope you don't think I'm just whining. kvetchStop kvetching about it! make a fussIf the food doesn't come soon, I'm going to make a fuss. file a complaintI've filed a complaint with the police about the noise. If your stomach grumbles, it makes a low, continuous noise, usually because you are hungry.（通常因为饿而）肚子咕咕叫 Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour grizzle make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon peep remonstrate representation start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Noises made by the body Related wordgrumbler Idiommustn't grumble Examples of grumbledgrumbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They grumbled about supervisors, poor wages, long hours, bad work rules and dozens of other issues. I have grumbled about the absence of natural capital from official development economics many times before. Moser sometimes grumbled that some people use computing as a substitute for thinking. The consumers grumbled and complained of exorbitant prices charged for food stuff. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am told that she grumbled in private about the change in direction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We spend more time than our predecessors did, but we do all the extra work for nothing, and no one has grumbled at it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we have not grumbled when we have heard that women working the same number of hours are not being paid at the same rate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many nice old gentlemen travelling in a first-class warmed compartment grumbled if the train was a few minutes late. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In effect, they grumbled about four aspects of the regulations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another farmer grumbled justifiably about the delays in obtaining decisions from the tribunal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that he grumbled that we were not being political enough on this side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, in other connections certain benefits under the old scheme were discontinued and replaced by new ones, and some people grumbled about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It grumbled a good deal at first, but it has now got the matter simplified and at the moment is not grumbling much. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly, the old system had been grumbled about by employers for many years, but they had got used to it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People have grumbled about provisions imposing accountability on auditors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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