核心畫面

Picture someone letting out that something is wrong — voicing the , saying out loud they are unhappy or unsatisfied so others hear it.

可以想成:心裡有股不舒服,忍不住把它說出來——把不滿、不高興、覺得哪裡不對勁的感覺講出聲,讓別人聽到。

From the word’s history

From Vulgar Latin complangere 'to beat the breast (in grief)', com- (intensive) + plangere 'to strike, lament'. The old image is striking your chest to let grief out; now it is letting a grievance out in words.

源自通俗拉丁文 complangere「捶胸(悲嘆)」:com-(加強)+ plangere「捶打、哀嘆」。古早的畫面是傷心到捶自己胸口把苦倒出來,後來收斂成用話把不滿講出來,正好連到核心的『把不舒服說出聲』。

etymonline.com/word/complain

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

complainverb/kəmˈpleɪn/

  • 1

    To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.

    • Joe was always complaining about the noise made by his neighbours.
    • O loſs of ſight, of thee I moſt complain!
  • 2

    To state the presence of something negative; to indicate that one is suffering from something; to report (e.g.) a symptom.

    • The patient complained of headache, nausea, and joint pain.
  • 3

    To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.

    • They've complained about me to the police again.
    • Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?
  • 4

    To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

    • the complaining bed-springs

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。