beef

单词辨析:

complain beef grumble 【导航词义:抱怨】
complain v. 抱怨,发牢骚
〔辨析〕

指因对待遇、处境不满或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说,常后接介词about/of。

〔例证〕

The old man complained about the hot weather.

老人抱怨天气炎热。

They have complained of sexual harassment.

她们投诉说受到性骚扰。

She complained that there was too much noise outside at night.

她抱怨夜里外面太吵。

beef v. [非正式]抱怨
〔辨析〕

指总是抱怨、大发牢骚,常后接介词 about。

〔例证〕

The girl has a beef against him.

那姑娘对他有所不满。

The old woman is forever beefing about that.

那个老妇人没完没了地为那事抱怨。

grumble v. 抱怨
〔辨析〕

指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而怨恨地自言自语或向他人诉苦,常后接介词 about/at,可与 moan 换用。

〔例证〕

She grumbled/moaned about the food.

她抱怨饭菜不好吃。

He grumbled/moaned sometimes at her extravagance.

他有时抱怨她铺张浪费。

相关例句:

I ordered roast beef served with roast potatoes and vegetables.

我点了烤牛肉加烤土豆和蔬菜。

Pete gobbled all the beef stew.

皮特狼吞虎咽,把炖牛肉吃了个精光。

We sat down to dinner, a very English noe& roast beef and Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, and cabbage grown in their own garden.

我们坐下来吃饭,这是地道的英国饭菜,有烤牛肉、约克夏布丁、烤土豆和他们自己花园里种的卷心菜。

He carved the joint of beef.

他切开了那一大块烤牛肉。

Carve the beef into slices.

把牛肉切成片。

They used to buy ten kilos of beef in one lump.

他们过去常买10公斤重的整块牛肉。