grievance
英 ['griːv(ə)ns]
美 ['grivəns]
語源
英語の語源
- 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.
例文
- 1. He will not easily forget his grievance .
- 彼は簡単に彼の悔しさを忘れない。
- 2.Their main grievance was that they had not received their pitiably low pay.
- 彼らの主な苦情は、哀れなほど少ない給料をもらっていないことだ。
- 3.The main grievance of the drivers is the imposition of higher fees for driving licences.
- 運転者が不満に思っているのは、運転免許料の値上げだ。
- 4.They had a legitimate grievance .
- 彼らの苦情は理にかなっている。/
- 5.She will use this as a peg to hang her grievance on.
- 彼女はこれを利用してうっぷんを晴らす口実にする。
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