詞彙精選：complaint的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

抱怨，怨言，投訴，控訴，訴苦，意見，委屈

例句：

He stormed into the office, flourishing a letter of complaint.

他揮舞着一封投訴信衝進了辦公室。

例句：

The jump in food prices gave rise to a lot of complaint.

食品價格的猛漲引起了許多不滿。

投訴的原因，不滿的原因，痛苦根源

例句：

I've got no complaints about them.

對他們我沒什麼意見。

例句：

My main complaint is that we can't go out on the racecourse anymore.

我投訴的主要問題是我們沒法再去外面的賽道了。

疾病

例句：

Eczema is a common skin complaint which often runs in families.

溼疹是一種常見的皮膚病，通常具遺傳性。

二、詞義辨析：

illness,sickness,disease,complaint

這些名詞均有“疾病”之意。illness不具體指，而是泛指一切疾病，強調生病的時間或狀語，語體較sickness正式一些。sickness較口語化，可與illness換用，但還可表示“噁心”。disease指具體的疾病，且通常較嚴重，發病時間也較長。complaint現代英語中，既可指症狀，也可指疾病。

三、參考例句：

She brought a complaint against her friend.

她控訴她的朋友。

You have no real grounds for complaint.

你沒有真正的理由發牢騷。

Her thin voice rose high in complaint.

她抱怨時擡高了尖細的嗓音。

The managing director will attend to your complaint personally.

總經理將親自處理您的投訴。

The storekeeper signed a complaint accusing them of shoplifting.

店主簽署了控告書，指控他們在店裏偷竊貨物。

My only complaint is that the price is rather high.

我唯一不滿的就是價格太高。

Our neighbors lodged a complaint against us with the police.

我們的鄰居向警方控告我們。

She wrote a letter of complaint to the manufacturer.

她給廠商寫了一封投訴信。

Your complaint must be made through the proper channels.

你的意見必須通過正當途徑投訴。

He stormed into the office, flourishing a letter of complaint.

他揮舞着一封投訴信衝進了辦公室。