英语词汇“complain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

complaincomplain /kəmˈpleɪn/ ●●● S2 W2 verb

ETYMOLOGYcomplain

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French complaindre, from Vulgar Latin complangere

VERB TABLE

complain

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	complain
	he, she, it	complains
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	complained
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have complained
	he, she, it	has complained
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had complained
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will complain
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have complained

Continuous Form
Present	I	am complaining
	he, she, it	is complaining
	you, we, they	are complaining
Past	I, he, she, it	was complaining
	you, we, they	were complaining
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been complaining
	he, she, it	has been complaining
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been complaining
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be complaining
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been complaining

COLLOCATIONS► complained bitterly

Some employees have complained bitterly about the layoffs.

1[intransitive, transitive not in passive] to say that you are annoyed, not satisfied, or unhappy about something or someone: Residents are complaining because traffic in the area has increased.complain about Eventually we called the police to complain about the noise.complain of Several women have complained of sexual harassment.complain (that) He complained that he hadn’t been paid.complain to somebody I complained to the landlord about the leak. Some employees have complained bitterly about the layoffs.2(I) can’t complain spoken said when you think a situation is satisfactory, even though there may be a few problems: “How’s life?” “Can’t complain.” [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French complaindre, from Vulgar Latin complangere]complain of something phrasal verb formal to say that you feel sick or have a pain in a part of your body: She went to the hospital complaining of chest pains.