词汇精选：grumble的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

怨言，抱怨，牢骚；嘟囔

例句：

My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.

我所不满的是素材的结构和组织。

例句：

My main grumble is about the lack of privacy.

我最想抱怨的是缺乏隐私。

隆隆声

例句：

A distant grumble of thunder comes out.

远方雷声隆隆。

例句：

One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.

人们经常能听到从东边很远的地方传来的隆隆枪炮声。

v.

抱怨，发牢骚；嘟囔，喃喃地说 [I,T]

例句：

Consumers grumbled their endless complaints.

消费者无休止地抱怨。

例句：

The man is grumbling.

这人正在发牢骚。

（雷等）隆隆响 [I]

例句：

My stomach begins to grumble around lunch-time.

差不多中午饭的时候我的肚子就开始咕咕响。

例句：

It was quiet now, the thunder had grumbled away to the west.

隆隆的雷声向西边传去，现在寂静下来了。

二、词义辨析：

complain,grumble,murmur

这些动词均含“抱怨、埋忽”之意。complain侧重因对处境不满、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向别人诉说、埋怨。grumble指因对处境、待遇不满或其他个人因素而愤愤不平地向他人诉苦或自言自语。murmur多指因不满某人或某事而背着人自言自语地发怨言。

三、参考例句：

A distant grumble of thunder comes out.

远方雷声隆隆。

My stomach begins to grumble around lunch-time.

差不多中午饭的时候我的肚子就开始咕咕响。

A lot of students grumble about heavy reading assignments.

许多学生发牢骚说阅读量太大。

They grumble about how hard they have to work.

他们抱怨自己工作得很辛苦。

My main grumble is about the lack of privacy.

我最想抱怨的是缺乏隐私。

Why grumble at me about your own stupid mistakes

你自己犯了愚蠢的错误，为什么向我抱怨？

One could often hear, far to the east, the grumble of guns.

人们经常能听到从东边很远的地方传来的隆隆枪炮声。

My grumble is with the structure and organisation of the material.

我所不满的是素材的结构和组织。

You can grumble about work not being distributed evenly or crib about you being singled out for working on harder tasks.

你可以抱怨工作分配不均或者自己被挑去做了更难的任务。