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a reason for not being satisfied; a statement that somebody makes saying that they are not satisfied 不满的原因；抱怨；埋怨；投诉；控告 a formal complaint 正式控告 She said the police had immediately investigated the complaint. 她说警方已经立即调查了投诉。 - complaint about somebody/something
I'd like to make a complaint about the noise. 我要就噪音问题提出投诉。 - (formal)
to file/lodge (= make) a complaint 提出控告 The most common complaint is about poor service. 最常见的投诉与服务差有关。 - complaint of something
The Tribunal upheld his complaint of racial discrimination 法庭支持他关于种族歧视的申诉 - complaint against somebody/something
I believe you have a complaint against one of our nurses. 我认为你对我们的一位护士有怨言。 - complaint to somebody
They said their complaints to the police were often not acted on. 他们说他们向警方的投诉经常得不到回应。 - complaint from somebody
Council bosses said they would respond to complaints from residents. 市政会的老板们表示，他们将对居民的投诉做出回应。 - complaint from somebody about something
We received a number of complaints from customers about the lack of parking facilities. 我们收到了来自顾客的许多投诉，抱怨缺乏停车设施。 - complaint by somebody
‘Complaints by patients are now at their lowest level,’ she said. 她说，病人的抱怨现在处于最低水平。 - complaint (that…)
a complaint that he had been unfairly treated 对他受到了不公正待遇的投诉 My only complaint is that the website is a little difficult to use. 我唯一的不满是这网站使用起来有点儿难。 We have a clear and effective complaints procedure. 我们有明确有效的投诉程序。
Extra ExamplesI have a complaint about the food. 我对这些食物有意见。 I haven't heard any complaints about the approach we're taking. 我没有听到任何关于我们采取的方法的抱怨。 One of the chief complaints is the cost. 主要的意见之一是成本问题。 The tribunal heard complaints against the director. 审理委员会听取了对那名主管的控告。 They filed a complaint with the Commission. 他们向委员会提交投诉。 We have had some serious complaints from parents. 我们收到家长的一些严正投诉。 a complaint about working conditions 对工作条件的不满 a complaint against the police 对警方提出的控告 a complaint from a customer 顾客的抱怨 a complaint from the neighbours 邻居的抱怨 a complaint of unfair dismissal 对不正当解雇的投诉 complaints arising from late payment 由拖欠付款引发的投诉 to make a complaint to the authorities 向当局申诉 I believe you have a serious complaint against one of our nurses. 我相信你对我们的一名护士有严重的不满。 The couple have lodged an official complaint against the hospital. 那对夫妇已经对那家医院提出正式控告。 The police have an independent complaints procedure to deal with such issues. 警方有独立的投诉程序来处理此类问题。
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the act of complaining 抱怨；埋怨；投诉 I can see no grounds for complaint. 我找不到抱怨的理由。 The way I was treated gave me no cause for complaint. 我得到的待遇让我没有理由抱怨。 I'm planning to write a formal letter of complaint. 我正打算写一封正式的投诉信。 - without complaint
Workers were expected to accept pay cuts without complaint. 工人们应该毫无怨言地接受减薪。
Express Yourself Making a complaintMaking a complaint 提出投诉 You can express your dissatisfaction when something you buy is of poor quality or the standard of service you receive is not good enough in various ways: 对所购劣质商品或得到的低标准服务表达不满可以用多种方式： I'm afraid I'm not satisfied with this. 恐怕我对此不太满意。
I'm sorry. This isn't acceptable/good enough. We've been waiting half an hour. 对不起，这是不可接受的。我们已经等半个小时了。
I'd like to make a complaint. The radio I bought doesn't work. 我要投诉。我买的收音机有故障。
Excuse me—this isn't what I asked for. I'm having/I ordered the soup, not the salad. 对不起，这不是我点的。我要的是汤，不是色拉。
I'd like to speak to the manager. I've got a complaint about something I bought. 我要找经理。我对我买的东西不满意。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- serious
- common
- familiar
- …
- have
- bring
- file
- …
- arise
- concern something
- relate to something
- …
- complaint procedure
- complaints procedure
- complaint system
- …
- complaint about
- complaint against
- complaint from
- …
- cause for complaint
- grounds for complaint
- a chorus of complaint
- …
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an illness, especially one that is not serious, and often one that affects a particular part of the body （尤指不严重、常影响身体某部位的）疾病 He has a minor skin complaint. 他有轻微的皮肤病。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc2Not being able to sleep at night is a very common complaint. 晚上睡不好觉是很常见的毛病。 He suffers from a skin complaint called ‘rosacea’. 他患有一种叫红斑痤疮的皮肤病。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- minor
- chronic
- common
- …
- have
- suffer from
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French complainte, feminine past participle of complaindre ‘to lament’, from medieval Latin complangere ‘bewail’, from Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere ‘to lament’.