grumble的经典引文有哪些

1. vi. 发怨言; 鸣不平 complain or protest in a bad-tempered way
2. vt. 抱怨地说 say in a sullen, dissatisfied way

1.抱怨；发牢骚
If someonegrumbles, they complain about something in a bad-tempered way.

e.g. I shouldn'tgrumble about Mum — she's lovely really...
我不该抱怨妈妈——她真的很好。
e.g. Taft grumbled that the law so favored the criminal that trials seemed like a game of chance...
塔夫脱抱怨法律如此偏袒罪犯，审判看来像是一场碰运气的游戏。

2.隆隆作响
If somethinggrumbles, it makes a low continuous sound.

e.g. 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。
e.g. The dogs made a noise, a rough, grumbling sound.
这些狗发出刺耳的低吼声。

1. Don't grumble.
   不要发牢骚。
2. The man is grumbling.
   这人正在发牢骚。

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。

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。

• Bluebottles grumbling up and down the window-pane.

  出自：D. Abse

1. grumble的基本含义是“发怨言”“抱怨地说”,这种抱怨大多是没理由的或喋喋不休的,既可以是指上级对下级的抱怨,也可以是下级对上级的抱怨,这种牢骚常常会使人感到反感。
2. grumble可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词,用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词或that引导的从句作宾语。