complaining

complaining — 名詞

1. the activity of telling other people, often repeatedly, that you are unhappy wit

1.名詞B1
釋義

抱怨

向他人表達不滿、訴苦的行為

the activity of telling other people, often repeatedly, that you are unhappy with something — for example with the food, the weather, or how someone has treated you.

例句

Gabriel was tired of his roommate's constant complaining about the dirty kitchen.

Gabriel 已經受不了他室友老是在抱怨廚房有多髒。

constant / endless + complaining + about (topic)

All this complaining will not get the broken heater fixed any faster.

再多的抱怨也不會讓壞掉的暖氣早一點修好。

complaining as subject of verb

同義詞
  • moaning

    informal British English; suggests grumbling more than serious objection

  • grumbling

    low-level, half-hearted complaining, often muttered

  • whining

    negative; suggests a childish, irritating tone

反義詞
  • praising

    saying what is good about something

  • acceptance

    going along with a situation without protest

用法筆記

Uncountable: do not say 'a complaining' or 'complainings'. Often modified by 'constant', 'endless', 'a lot of', and pairs with the prepositions 'about' (the topic) and 'to' (the listener).

常見錯誤

❌She made many complainings to her boss.
✅She made many complaints to her boss.
💡for separate, countable acts of complaint, use the noun 'complaint'; 'complaining' names the activity in general.

complaining — 形容詞