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Complaint 2340.Complaint 英 Kəm'pleɪnt]美 Kəm'plent 释义 N 抱怨;诉苦;疾病;委屈

正面 2340.complaint
英 [kəm'pleɪnt]美 [kəm'plent]

背面
释义:
n. 抱怨;诉苦;疾病;委屈
例句:
1. Eczema is a common skin complaint which often runs in families.湿疹是一种常见的皮肤病,通常具遗传性。

1、com- "intensive prefix" + -plaint-.2、originally "beat the breast, lament (by beating the breast)". => 抱怨,诉苦,发牢骚。3、成语“捶胸顿足”形象地诠释了词根-plaint-的引申义,可以说是心有灵犀,有异曲同工之妙。
complaint 抱怨,疾病来自complain, 抱怨,被疾病侵袭。
complaint (n.)late 14c., "lamentation, grief," from Old French complainte (12c.) "complaint, lament," noun use of fem. past participle of complaindre (see complain). Meaning "bodily ailment" is from 1705 (often in U.S. colloquial use generalized as complaints)."

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