| 词汇 | example_english_complain |
| 释义 | Examples of complainThese 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. These workers recognised the existence of a status quo and were quick to complain when the 'economy of the g ift' failed to deliver. He took up the cause of private enterprise and complained of excessive taxes and government interference. Delegates regularly complained of long days in meetings and many days away from work and family. When people demand to have 'choices, not echoes', are they truly complaining about not having distinct choices or just about facing a bad outcome? But one might complain that the emphasis on aggression and guilt fits rather badly with the unambiguously affirmative tone of the opera's conclusion. Almost all operators complain of high costs, in particular high charges for electricity, water and fuel. If litigation over the initial terms of hire was infrequent, mariners often complained when masters or merchants changed a ship's destination midvoyage. But villages often complain that they do not gain any income from these fees. Here he was complaining about the tendency of critics to apply an abstract body of classical rules. He often complained about the 'moralistic attitude' which seemed to motivate many of his critics. Many of our participants clearly felt that they ' mustn't complain ', which may be an adaptive psychological strategy for coping with the vicissitudes of advancing age. Thus, wives may complain more about lack of involvement in household decisions. In their households and in the market, the women complained about the fact that certain issues were never addressed at the meetings. But if reviewers complained about the opera's hybridity, they nonetheless cited these episodes of celebration as favourites. Moreover, planters complained that larger estates were being forced to provide these services while smaller estates and smallholdings were exempted from these rules. He complained that wet-nurses who were turned away from the bureau were hired privately. He approached the chair, said he was forced to work, and threatened to complain to the regional headquarters, because no one listened to him. Professors themselves complained bitterly of overwork,119 and several suffered severe breakdowns in health. The pensioners were increasingly complaining that the contribution cuts and restitutions would eat away the reserves for future indexation. Nor is it difficult to find past scientists complaining that the larger cultural commitment to their work was faltering. 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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