something that you think is unfair and that you complain or protest about; a feeling that you have been badly treated 不平的事;委屈;抱怨;牢骚 Parents were invited to air their grievances (= express them) at the meeting. 家长们应邀在会上诉说他们的苦衷。 These interviews aim to deal with individual grievances. 这些采访旨在处理个人的不满。 - grievance against somebody
He had been nursing a grievance against his boss for months. 他几个月来一直对老板心怀不满。 Does the company have a formal grievance procedure (= a way of dealing with your complaints at work)? 公司有正式投诉程序吗?
Extra ExamplesBy the 1950s, political grievances were again being voiced. 到了 20 世纪 50 年代,人们又开始对政治表达不满。 He had a personal grievance against the professor. 他对这位教授怀有私怨。 MPs spend many hours listening to the real or imagined grievances of their constituents. 议员要花很多时间听取选民真实的和想象的不满。 Managers would make every effort to address individual grievances. 经理会尽最大的努力化解个人的不满。 No one would listen to their grievances. 没有人愿意听他们的抱怨。 She still nursed her old grievance. 她仍然心存旧怨。 Some people will complain even if they have no genuine grievance. 有些人即使没受什么委屈也要抱怨。 The meeting will be a chance to air your grievances about the organization. 你可以利用这次会面申诉你对组织的不满。 The offer did nothing to take away her sense of grievance. 这个提议根本不能消除她的不满。 We have to address the genuine grievances of the protesters. 我们必须解决抗议者的真正不满。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- genuine
- legitimate
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- harbour/harbor
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- procedure
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- grievance about
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- a sense of grievance
Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘injury’): from Old French grevance, from grever ‘to burden’, based on Latin gravare, from gravis ‘heavy, grave’.