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单词 grievance
释义
grievance
(grvəns )
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.
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He agreed to meet a delegation of players to hear their grievances.
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The citizens waited on the provost, who, having heard their grievance, issued a challenge of defiance to the offenders.
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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.
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historical grievances
They cited anger over the land transfer, as well as historical grievances.
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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
legitimate grievance
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.
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petty grievances
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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