gripe

英 [ɡraɪp]

美 [ɡraɪp]

n. 抱怨; 怨言; 牢骚
v. 抱怨; 发牢骚

复数：gripes　现在分词：griping　第三人称单数：gripes　过去式：griped　过去分词：griped　

Collins.1 / BNC.32678 / COCA.17456

牛津词典

noun

抱怨；怨言；牢骚
a complaint about sth
1. My only gripe about the hotel was the food.
  我对这家旅馆唯一不满的是伙食。

verb

抱怨；发牢骚
to complain about sb/sth in an annoying way
1. He's always griping about the people at work.
  他老是抱怨共事的人。

VERB 抱怨；发牢骚
If you say that someoneis griping, you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something.
1. Why are football players griping when the average salary is half a million dollars?...
  足球运动员的平均薪水已达50万美金，他们为什么还要抱怨呢？
2. They were always griping about high prices.
  他们总是抱怨物价太高。
N-COUNT 抱怨；牢骚
Agripeis a complaint about something.
1. My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
  我唯一不满的就是连一道主菜和一份甜点都没有。

noun

informal terms for objecting
1. I have a gripe about the service here
Synonym:kickbeefbitchsquawk

verb

complain
1. What was he hollering about?
Synonym:bitchgrousecrabbeefsquawkbellyacheholler

Indeed, he found the language so difficult that he even called his mother to gripe about the classes.
的确，他发现中文掌握起来太难了，以至于他曾给母亲打电话，抱怨课程的不易。
Now the Internet lets you gripe about your relationship endlessly, and for free.
如今，互联网让你可以无止尽地抱怨你的夫妻关系，而且还是免费的。
However, my biggest single gripe is that this place is a high priced diploma mill.
但是，最让我纠结的是这个学校的高价的野鸡大学。
My chief gripe, it must be said, is performance.
我的主要的抱怨，必须要提的，就是性能。
No matter what has transpired, do not gripe and complain about your ex-friend to other workers.
不论发生了什么，绝不要和其他的同事去抱怨你之前的朋友。
Two extremes in my life that most of the time I find uncomfortable. I normally dread them and gripe about it all the way through.
在大多数时候，我对生活中的两个极端都不感到舒服。我总是惧怕它们，并且一直在抱怨。
My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.
我唯一不满的就是连一道主菜和一份甜点都没有。
Her main gripe is that she's not being, trained properly.
她主要的牢骚是她没有受到良好训练。
Question: what's the biggest gripe of retirees?
问：退休的人最常发的牢骚是？