单词 | grievance |
释义 | grievance (griːvəns ) Word forms: grievances variable noun If you have a grievance about something that has happened or been done, you believe that it was unfair. They had a legitimate grievance. The main grievance of the drivers is the imposition of higher fees for driving licences. ...a deep sense of grievance. Synonyms: injustice, wrong, injury Collocations: hear a grievance This means that you will need to be prepared to hear his grievances. Times, Sunday Times The administration did not hear their grievances, and the students organized a boycott to protest for their civil rights. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He agreed to meet a delegation of players to hear their grievances. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The citizens waited on the provost, who, having heard their grievance, issued a challenge of defiance to the offenders. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The school administration resisted meeting with the students to hear their grievances, including separation from friends and the lack of opportunity to play sports in new schools. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They cited anger over the land transfer, as well as historical grievances. Times,Sunday Times But they acknowledge that the passage of time and a desire to live together harmoniously, without reliving historical grievances, will be the best means to achieve that end. Times, Sunday Times Instead, he found that conflicts were much more likely to be started by economic opportunities than by historical grievances. Globe and Mail The banks should not be handed a legitimate grievance that would justify their failure to lend. Times, Sunday Times Politicians have responded by recognising tax avoidance as a legitimate grievance and are attempting to tackle it. Times, Sunday Times You have a legitimate grievance against words ending in -o. Times, Sunday Times Any employee who saw goalposts moving thus would have a legitimate grievance. Times, Sunday Times The people were satisfied with the administration, and they had no legitimate grievance against it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He knew nothing of their fight or petty grievances. Times, Sunday Times This was the week when politicians needed to put aside their petty grievances, in the national interest. The Sun I slide into a morass of petty grievances. Times, Sunday Times Walkouts over ridiculous pay demands and petty grievances would be commonplace. The Sun There are plenty of petty grievances though. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 委屈 Japanese: 不平 |
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