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grievance

音標['gri:v?ns] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 委屈, 冤情, 苦況
【經】 不滿(對雇用條件的)
相關詞組:
have a grievance against sb

英文解釋:

名詞 grievance:

  1. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
    同義詞:grudge, score
  2. an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation or denies some legal right or causes injustice
  3. a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes resentment and is grounds for action

例句:

  1. A cause or reason for complaining; a grievance.
    抱怨的緣由引起抱怨的原因; 憤恨
  2. He used the occasion to express all his old grievance against the chairman.
    利用機會表達了對主席積壓已久的怨氣
  3. A committee was set up to look into the workers' grievances.
    成立了一個委員會來調查工人的不滿。
  4. I am too busy to listen to her endless grievance.
    我太忙了,沒空聽她那沒完沒了的牢騷。

詳細解釋:


griev.ance

n.(名詞)

An actual or supposed circumstance regarded as just cause for protest.
不平之事,委屈:被認為是抗議的合理理由的一種實際的或構想中的情況
A complaint or protestation based on such a circumstance.See Synonyms at injustice
不平,氣惱,牢騷:因這種情況引起的抱怨或抗議參見 injustice
Indignation or resentment stemming from a feeling of having been wronged.
氣憤,憤恨:因被誤解而產生的氣憤或憤恨
Obsolete
【廢語】
The act of inflicting hardship or harm.
苦難:使人受傷害或磨難的行為
The cause of hardship or harm.
苦難的原因:磨難或傷害的原因

來源:
Middle English grevaunce
中古英文 grevaunce
from Old French grevance
源自 古法文 grevance
from grever [to harm] * see grieve
源自 grever [傷害] *參見 grieve

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