| 词汇 | complaint |
| 释义 | complaint noun uk /kəmˈpleɪnt/ us /kəmˈpleɪnt/ complaintnoun (REPORT OF A PROBLEM)B1[ C or U ] a statement that something is wrong or not satisfactory: 抱怨，牢骚;投诉;不满 We've received a complaint from one of our listeners about offensive language.我们收到了一位听众有关用语粗俗的投诉。 I've made a complaint (= formally complained)to the police about the noise.我向警方投诉了噪声问题。 [ + that ]We've had complaints that you've been playing your radio too loud.我们接到投诉说你们的收音机音量开得太大。 Do you have any grounds for complaint (= reason to formally complain)?你有投诉的理由吗？ 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. The manufacturers are reported to have received a long list of complaints from dissatisfied customers. The company has new procedures for dealing with complaints.公司采取了新程序处理投诉事宜。 We've received lots of complaints about the changes from regular listeners to the programme. My lawyer is going to compose a letter of complaint.我的律师要拟定一份投诉状。 I wish to make a complaint - these chips are cold. 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 complaintnoun (ILLNESS)[ C ] an illness: 病，疾病 a heart/stomach complaint心脏／胃病 Disease & illness - general words advanced aggressiveness autoimmune disease bilharzia bilharziasis complication fulminating gestational hyperendemic hypochondriac iatrogenic industrial disease life-threatening morbid schistosomiasis second degree secretory serial interval snail fever untreated complaint | American Dictionarycomplaint noun[ C/U ] us/kəmˈpleɪnt/ a statement that something is wrong or not good enough, the act of complaining, or the thing you are complaining about: [ U ]a letter of complaint [ C ]Her only complaint is that she sometimes didn’t get enough heat in her apartment. law A complaint is also a formal statement to a government authority that you have a legal cause to complain about the way you have been treated: [ C ]He filed a complaint with the commission, charging discrimination based on his disability. complaint | Business Englishcomplaint noun uk /kəmˈpleɪnt/us [ C ] a written or spoken statement in which someone says that somebody has done something wrong or that something is not satisfactory: lodge/make/receive a complaintThe council has said that it received complaints but that it cannot disclose details. deal with/handle complaintsThey have an efficient system in place for dealing with customer complaints. complaint about sb/sthThe gas company has promised to investigate the man's complaint about a quarterly bill for £1,500. complaint against sb/sthComplaints against an employment agency should be made to the Employment Agencies Standards office. [ C or U ] the act of complaining, or a reason for someone to complain: The biggest complaint about the new proposal is that it could increase costs. cause/grounds for complaintOn this occasion, shareholders have little cause for complaint. We have received several letters of complaint. [ C ] LAW a formal statement that someone has harmed somebody else or done something illegal, which must be proved in a court of law: file/lodge a complaintA complaint alleging financial wrongdoing was lodged with the district attorney's office. Examples of complaintcomplaint Unfortunately, complaints returned due to a disturbance of rhythm. Memory complaints do reflect perceptions of past memory performance and are also an early manifestation of memory impairment. Archives hold numerous complaints from provincial governors about the insufficiency of security forces under their authority and requests for additional mounted recruits. The process of increased bone cell turnover itself does not usually cause complaints. Why and where does never mind prove useful in complaint sequences and for whom? What the study does not have is information on respondents' attributions of their depressive complaints to traumatic events. Memory complaints and impairment in normal, depressed, and demented elderly persons identified in a community survey. The central bureaucracy was poorly equipped to deal with the stream of complaints and requests for adjudication and clarification pouring in from the provinces. Women with other than trivial complaints were excluded from further participation, as were those who took oestrogens or progestins and those who became pregnant. In other words, the complaint was dismissed because it was prematurely lodged. Availability of psychometrically sound fatigue measures that are applicable across disorders provides a sound basis for advancing the understanding of this common and distressing complaint. When they have been so grossly disrespectful of others, they have thereby lost the basis for complaint at being treated with similar disrespect. The problem of boredom as a health care issue has been subsumed under research on other complaints such as depression, apathy, or fatigue. The trade unions' complaints and demands concentrated on the low wages, the harsh working and living conditions and-of crucial importance-the exploitative kangany-system. We offer you some alternative proposals how one might measure the size of complaints. See all examples of complaint 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. Collocations withcomplaintcomplaintThese are words often used in combination with complaint. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. bitter complaint That was his bittercomplaint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 chief complaint Fever was the most commonly encountered chiefcomplaint. common complaint Painful shoulder is a commoncomplaint in the older person. 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. See all collocations with complaint |
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