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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- grievance
['griːvəns]
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1.
noun
[c/u]
(complaint) 抱怨
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- grievance
['grɪvəns]
['grɪːvəns]
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1.
noun
不平，不满；抱怨的缘由，不满的理由
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2.
noun
怨恨，抱怨；怨言，冤情
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3.
noun
[Obsolete]
损害，伤害；痛苦，苦难
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4.
noun
[Obsolete]
损害（或苦难）的原因；苦情
Collins English-English Dictionary
- grievance
['griːvəns]
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n
a real or imaginary wrong causing resentment and regarded as grounds for complaint
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2.
n
a feeling of resentment or injustice at having been unfairly treated
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3.
n
[obsolete]
affliction or hardship
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4.
n
[Etymology]
C15 grevance, from Old French, from grever to grieve1
Examples
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to redress a grievance
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心怀不满
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nurse a grievance
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出口恶气
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vent one's grievance
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洗冤
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right a wrong; redress a grievance
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睚眦之怨
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a trifling (or trivial) grievance
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饮恨而终
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die with a grievance in one's heart
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含恨
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nurse a grievance or hatred
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饮恨
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nurse a grievance
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他抽啜着诉说自己的委屈。
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He sobbed and complained about his grievance.
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她委屈的哭了，咬着衣角，让人不忍再批评了。
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She cried out in grievance and gnawed on the ridge of the lower hem of her jacket, which made lose the heart to continue criticizing her.
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