grievance

noun

/ˈɡriːvəns/

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something that you think is unfair and that you complain or protest about; a feeling that you have been badly treated
- Parents were invited to air their grievances (= express them) at the meeting.
- These interviews aim to deal with individual grievances.
- grievance against somebody He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months.
- Does the company have a formal grievance procedure (= a way of dealing with your complaints at work)?
Extra Examples
- By the 1950s, political grievances were again being voiced.
- He had a personal grievance against the professor.
- MPs spend many hours listening to the real or imagined grievances of their constituents.
- Managers would make every effort to address individual grievances.
- No one would listen to their grievances.
- She still nursed her old grievance.
- Some people will complain even if they have no genuine grievance.
- The meeting will be a chance to air your grievances about the organization.
- The offer did nothing to take away her sense of grievance.
- We have to address the genuine grievances of the protesters.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- genuine
- legitimate
- real
- …
verb + grievance
- harbour/harbor
- have
- nurse
- …
grievance + noun
- procedure
- process
- committee
- …
preposition
- grievance about
- grievance over
- grievance against
- …
phrases
- a sense of grievance
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Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘injury’): from Old French grevance, from grever ‘to burden’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’.

单词	grievance
释义	grievance noun /ˈɡriːvəns/ /ˈɡriːvəns/ jump to other results something that you think is unfair and that you complain or protest about; a feeling that you have been badly treated Parents were invited to air their grievances (= express them) at the meeting. These interviews aim to deal with individual grievances. grievance against somebody He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months. Does the company have a formal grievance procedure (= a way of dealing with your complaints at work)? Extra Examples By the 1950s, political grievances were again being voiced. He had a personal grievance against the professor. MPs spend many hours listening to the real or imagined grievances of their constituents. Managers would make every effort to address individual grievances. No one would listen to their grievances. She still nursed her old grievance. Some people will complain even if they have no genuine grievance. The meeting will be a chance to air your grievances about the organization. The offer did nothing to take away her sense of grievance. We have to address the genuine grievances of the protesters. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective genuine legitimate real … verb + grievance harbour/harbor have nurse … grievance + noun procedure process committee … preposition grievance about grievance over grievance against … phrases a sense of grievance See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘injury’): from Old French grevance, from grever ‘to burden’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’.
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