gripe /ɡraɪp/ star1 TEM8 (griping,griped,gripes)

• 1.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If you say that someone is griping, you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something. 不停地抱怨 [非正式]

  例：

  Why are football players griping when the average salary is half a million dollars?

  为什么足球运动员平均薪水50万美元还总是发牢骚呢？

• 2.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） griping 抱怨

  例：

  Still, the griping went on.

  怨声仍旧不止。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） A gripe is a complaint about something. 抱怨 [非正式]

  例：

  My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.

  我惟一的不满是还差一道主食和一份甜点。