高考英语词汇运用:complain高考完形高频词
★complain v. 抱怨 complaint n.
① vi. 抱怨,发牢骚,诉苦(常与of,about连用)
complain of/about …(to sb.) 对某人/向某人抱怨……
Don’t complain about/of the weather.
I complain of my salary to my boss.
② vi. 控告,抗议(与of,about连用)
The people in that district complain to the police about the noise from that factory. 那家工厂噪音太大,当地的人们已向警方投诉。
Mary complain to the Jacksons about the rubbish they had thrown everywhere. 杰克逊一家乱扔垃圾,玛丽已向他们提出抗议。
派生词:
▲complaint n.抱怨;不满;投诉:
a letter of complaint投诉信
I have no complaint about my pay.
关于薪水我没有什么不满。
In time of difficulty, what we need is not complaint to each other but understanding of each other.
国难的时侯,我们需要的不是相互抱怨而是互相理解。
②抱怨/投诉的事
I have a number of complaints about the hotel room you've given me.
我对你给我的旅馆房间有许多不满。