音标:['grʌmbl] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 怨言, 满腹牢骚
vi. 抱怨, 发牢骚, 发隆隆声
vt. 抱怨
n. a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone
v. to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds
词型变化:过去式 : grumbled ; 现在分词 : grumbling ; 名词复数形式 : grumbles ; 第三人称单数 : grumbles ; 过去分词 : grumbled
考试类型:[六级/托福/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
动词91%
名词9%

grumble的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. A lot of students grumble about heavy reading assignments.许多学生发牢骚说阅读量太大。
  2. It's not like him to grumble at her.抱怨她可不像他的做法。
  3. We've got nothing to grumble about.我们没什么可抱怨的。
  4. They will grumble about having to do the work.他们将为不得不干那项工作而抱怨。
  5. Thunder begins to grumble in the distance.远处,雷声已经开始隆隆作响。
用作名词(n.)
  1. I don't want to hear another grumble from you.我不愿再听到你的怨言了。
  2. He has everything he needs, but he is still full of grumbles.他需要的一切都得到了,却还牢骚满腹。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. Don't grumble.不要发牢骚。
  2. The man is grumbling.这人正在发牢骚。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. Students often grumble their teachers just as the teacher grumbles them.学生经常抱怨老师,就像老师抱怨学生一样。
  2. He grumbled the bad food.他抱怨伙食开得不好。
  3. Consumers grumbled their endless complaints.消费者无休止地抱怨。
S+~+that-clause
  1. The office worker often grumbles that she is unfairly treated by her boss.这位办公室工作人员经常发牢骚说老板对她不公平。
  2. Mother often grumbles that I don't work hard.妈妈经常抱怨我不努力学习。
  3. You cannot grumble that he often gets late for school.你不能抱怨他上学老迟到。
  4. They grumbled to me that the decision was not fair.他们向我抱怨说那裁决不公平。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
grumble about (v.+prep.)
    抱怨,指责 complain or accusegrumble about sth

    They were all grumbling about the company's refusal to increase their pay.

    他们都在埋怨公司拒绝给他们加工资。

    I have already had all I need,I grumble about nothing.

    我已经有了我所需要的一切,再没有什么可抱怨的了。

    There's no pleasing our teacher, he always grumbles about our work even when we've done our best.

    没有办法取悦我们的老师,他总是埋怨我们的学业不好,即使我们竭尽努力也不行。

grumble at (v.+prep.)
    抱怨,指责 complain or accusegrumble at sb/sth

    Why grumble at me about your own mistakes?

    这是你的愚蠢错误,为什么要抱怨我?

    Grumbling at difficulties is no way to overcome them.

    抱怨困难是无济于事的。

    He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties.

    他不是果敢地去面对困难,而是抱怨自己运气不佳。

    There's no pleasing our teacher, he always grumbles at our work even when we've done our best.

    没有办法取悦我们的老师,他总是埋怨我们的学业不好,即使我们竭尽努力也不行。

grumble over (v.+prep.)
    抱怨,指责 complain or accusegrumble over sth

    The students often grumble over the food.

    学生们老是抱怨伙食。

    He could do nothing but grumble over the situation.

    他除了埋怨局势之外别无他法。

    Don't grumble over this food, it's quite good.

    有这样的饭菜就别埋怨了,已经够好的了。

    Taxpayers are grumbling about the waste of government money, as usual.

    纳税者一如既往,埋怨政府的钱浪费掉了。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • grumble the bad food抱怨伙食不好
  • grumble the boss抱怨老板
  • grumble the situation抱怨局势
  • grumble the students抱怨学生
  • grumble the teacher抱怨老师
  • grumble the weather抱怨天气
~+副词
  • grumble forever抱怨个没完
  • grumble constantly不断地抱怨
  • grumble out牢骚
~+介词
  • grumble about为…而发牢骚
  • grumble at抱怨…
  • grumble into发出…声
  • grumble over抱怨…

经典引文

  • Bluebottles grumbling up and down the window-pane.

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