情景会话口袋书人际篇18:抱怨(1)

 　　1. That's not fair.

　　这不公平。

　　还能这样说：

　　It is unfair.

　　That is unjust.

　　应用解析：

　　fair可以作形容词：公平的，公正的；晴朗的；花言巧语的；

　　还可以作名词：集市，庙会；展览会；义卖会。

　　2. I'm afaraid I have a complaint about the service.

　　我对你们的服务有意见。

　　还能这样说：

　　I am not satisfied with your service.

　　I have something to complain of the service.

　　应用解析：

　　be afraid of one's own shadow 很胆小，非常胆怯；

　　be afraid of doing sth./that...担忧或忧虑……

　　3. You are always grumbling¹ about everything.

　　你总是抱怨。

　　还能这样说：

　　You always have some moan or another about everything.

　　You always complain.

　　应用解析：

　　grumble² at 抱怨；

　　grumble one's complaint 发牢骚；

　　grumble out 抱怨，嘟囔地说出

　　4. She is railing against fate.

　　她在抱怨命运不好。

　　还能这样说：

　　She repines at her misfortune.

　　She murmurs³ at her bad luck.

　　应用解析：

　　rail 作动词：咒骂，严厉责备；

　　作名词：铁轨，铁路，栏杆。例如：More than 50 people were badly injured when the train went off the rails.火车出轨时，50多人受重伤。

　　5. The cause of his discontent was the low salary.

　　他不满意的原因是工资太低。

　　还能这样说：

　　He was dissatisfied with the low salary.

　　The low salary did not satisfy him at all.

　　应用解析：

　　give cause for 引起；成为……的原罪

　　have cause for 有理由；

　　lost cause 已注定的败局；没希望的事；

　　make common cause with 与……同心协力

　　6. What are you most dissatisfied with?

　　你最不满意的是什么？

　　还能这样说：

　　What is your greatest grievance⁴?

　　What is the thing that makes you feel most resentful?

　　应用解析：

　　satisfy the eye 悦目；

　　satisfy the people's needs 满足人民的需要；

　　satisfy one's desire 满足欲望；

　　satisfy oneself 彻底弄清楚；证明；

　　satisfy with 使对……感到满意

　　7. You're nothing but an old grouch⁵!

　　你就是个爱发牢骚的老家伙！

　　还能这样说：

　　You are an old bellyacher.

　　You are really an old grumbler⁶.

　　谚语：

　　By doing nothing we learn to do ill.

　　一闲生百邪。

　　8. I don't seem to fit.

　　我在这里格格不入。

　　还能这样说：

　　I am like a square peg⁷ in a round hole.

　　I am incompatible⁸ with things here.

　　应用解析：

　　seem to be/seem like 似乎，好像，仿佛；

　　it seems as if... 看样子……，似乎……

1 grumbling   

adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的

参考例句：

• She's always grumbling to me about how badly she's treated at work. 她总是向我抱怨她在工作中如何受亏待。
• We didn't hear any grumbling about the food. 我们没听到过对食物的抱怨。

2 grumble   

vi.抱怨；咕哝；n.抱怨，牢骚；咕哝，隆隆声

参考例句：

• I don't want to hear another grumble from you.我不愿再听到你的抱怨。
• He could do nothing but grumble over the situation.他除了埋怨局势之外别无他法。

3 murmurs   

n.低沉、连续而不清的声音( murmur的名词复数 )；低语声；怨言；嘀咕

参考例句：

• They spoke in low murmurs. 他们低声说着话。 来自辞典例句
• They are more superficial, more distinctly heard than murmurs. 它们听起来比心脏杂音更为浅表而清楚。 来自辞典例句

4 grievance   

n.怨愤，气恼，委屈

参考例句：

• He will not easily forget his grievance.他不会轻易忘掉他的委屈。
• He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months.几个月来他对老板一直心怀不满。

5 grouch   

n.牢骚，不满；v.抱怨

参考例句：

• He's always having a grouch about something.他总是发脾气抱怨这个抱怨那个。
• One of the biggest grouches is the new system of payment.人们抱怨最多的一点就是这种新的支付方式。

6 grumbler   

爱抱怨的人，发牢骚的人

参考例句：

• He is a grumbler. 他是一个爱抱怨的人。
• He is a dreadful grumbler. 他是特别爱发牢骚的人。

7 peg   

n.木栓，木钉；vt.用木钉钉，用短桩固定

参考例句：

• Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.把你的大衣挂在门厅的挂衣钩上。
• He hit the peg mightily on the top with a mallet.他用木槌猛敲木栓顶。

8 incompatible   

adj.不相容的，不协调的，不相配的

参考例句：

• His plan is incompatible with my intent.他的计划与我的意图不相符。
• Speed and safety are not necessarily incompatible.速度和安全未必不相容。