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

　～ the bad food　抱怨伙食不好
　～ the boss　抱怨老板
　～ the situation　抱怨局势
　～ the students　抱怨学生
　～ the teacher　抱怨老师
　～ the weather　抱怨天气
　～ forever　抱怨个没完
　～ constantly　不断地抱怨
　～ out　牢骚
　～ about　为…而发牢骚
　～ at　抱怨…
　～ into　发出…声
　～ over　抱怨…

　Don't grumble.　不要发牢骚。
　The man is grumbling.　这人正在发牢骚。
　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。
　He grumbled the bad food.　他抱怨伙食开得不好。
　Consumers grumbled their endless complaints.　消费者无休止地抱怨。
　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。
　Mother often grumbles that I don't work hard.　妈妈经常抱怨我不努力学习。
　You cannot grumble that he often gets late for school.　你不能抱怨他上学老迟到。
　They grumbled to me that the decision was not fair.　他们向我抱怨说那裁决不公平。

 ♣ grumble about　(v.+prep.)
　抱怨，指责　complain or accuse
　They were all grumbling about the company's refusal to increase their pay.　他们都在埋怨公司拒绝给他们加工资。
　I have already had all I need, I grumble about nothing.　我已经有了我所需要的一切，再没有什么可抱怨的了。
　There's no pleasing our teacher, he always grumbles about our work even when we've done our best.　没有办法取悦我们的老师，他总是埋怨我们的学业不好，即使我们竭尽努力也不行。
 ♣ grumble at　(v.+prep.)
　抱怨，指责　complain or accuse
　Why grumble at me about your own mistakes?　这是你的愚蠢错误，为什么要抱怨我?
　Grumbling at difficulties is no way to overcome them.　抱怨困难是无济于事的。
　He grumbles at his lot instead of resolutely facing his difficulties.　他不是果敢地去面对困难，而是抱怨自己运气不佳。
　There's no pleasing our teacher, he always grumbles at our work even when we've done our best.　没有办法取悦我们的老师，他总是埋怨我们的学业不好，即使我们竭尽努力也不行。
 ♣ grumble over　(v.+prep.)
　抱怨，指责　complain or accuse
　The students often grumble over the food.　学生们老是抱怨伙食。
　He could do nothing but grumble over the situation.　他除了埋怨局势之外别无他法。
　Don't grumble over this food, it's quite good.　有这样的饭菜就别埋怨了，已经够好的了。
　Taxpayers are grumbling about the waste of government money, as usual.　纳税者一如既往，埋怨政府的钱浪费掉了。

 ♣ grumble about, grumble at, grumble over, grumble to
　这组短语都是“抱怨”的意思。其区别是：grumble about和grumble over用于“人抱怨事物”; grumble at也用于“人抱怨事物”，还用于“人抱怨人”; grumble to则指“向人抱怨事物或人”。
 ♣ grumble, complain, murmur
　参见complain条。