grievance

grievance

英 ['griːv(ə)ns]
　　美 ['grivəns]

n. 不滿，不平；委屈；冤情

中文詞源：

grievance 委曲，牢騷

來自grief, 悲痛。

例句：

1. He will not easily forget his grievance.
他不會輕易忘掉他的委屈.

2. Their main grievance was that they had not received their pitiably low pay.
他們主要的抱怨是沒有拿到那少得可憐的工資。

3. The main grievance of the drivers is the imposition of higher fees for driving licences.
讓駕駛員深感不滿的是駕駛執照收費的提高。

4. They had a legitimate grievance.
他們的抱怨是合乎情理的。

5. She will use this as a peg to hang her grievance on.
她會利用這個作為發泄怨憤的借口.