grievance

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something which causes grief. countable
  2. A wrong or hardship suffered, which is the grounds of a complaint. countable
    — [T]he King is vveary / Of daintie and ſuch picking greeuances, / For he hath found, to end one doubt by death, / Reuiues tvvo greater in the heires of life: […]
  3. Feelings of being wronged; outrage; resentment, bitterness or anger. uncountable
    — The issues of harassment and/or bullying was the top common source of grievance, followed by discipline, and then new working practices.
  4. A complaint or annoyance. countable
  5. A formal complaint, especially in the context of a unionized workplace. countable
    — If you want the problem fixed, you'll have to file a grievance with the city.
  6. Violation of regulations or objectionable behavior. uncountable
    — Indeed I do confess, that many times I have showed myself both less provident and less paiful for the benefit of the commonwealth, tha I should, or might, or intended to do hereafter; and have in many actions more respected the satisfying of my own particular humour, than either justice to some private persons, or the common good of all ; yet I did not at any time either omit duty or commit grievance, upon natural dulness or set malice; but partly by abuse of corrupt counsellors, partly by error of my youthful judgement.

词形变化

grievances plural grievaunce alternative,archaic

词汇关系

近义词
gravamen
衍生词
grievance collecting grievance collection grievance collector grievancer grievance studies pregrievance racial grievance industry

词源

From Old French grievance, from the verb grever (“to irritate; to bother; to annoy”) + -ance, equivalent to grieve + -ance.
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