| 正面 | 8790.grievance 英 ['griːv(ə)ns]美 ['grivəns] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 1. bigwig (要人,名人) => wig.2. 因为往往带假发的或者带的假发越多的都是贵族、有身份、有地位的人、要人。3. 而 wig 却是 periwig 的缩略形式。n. 不满,不平;委屈;冤情 例句: 1. He will not easily forget his grievance.他不会轻易忘掉他的委屈. grievance 委曲,牢骚来自grief, 悲痛。 grievance (n.)c. 1300, "state of being aggrieved," from Old French grevance "harm, injury, misfortune; trouble, suffering, agony, sorrow," from grever "to harm, to burden, be harmful to" (see grief). In reference to a cause of such a condition, from late 15c." |
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