中英互译
whinge
英 /wɪndʒ/美 /wɪndʒ/
基本释义
- vi.哀鸣;气愤地抱怨
- n.嘀咕;抱怨不止
复数whinges
第三人称单数whinges
现在分词whingeing或whinging
过去式whinged
过去分词whinged
双语例句
- Though if I hear one more publisher whinge that they "cannot find the translators", I shall probably scream.然而要是我再听到又一个出版商在抱怨“找不到译者”的话,我就该尖声惊叫了。
- People who “whinge” about crime are told that they should leave the country; those who do leave are called traitors.对犯罪“抱怨不止”的人被告知,他们最好离开这个国家;那些真的离开的人又被称作叛徒。
- Critics accuse it of causing foreign firms to list their shares in London rather than New York; others whinge about its onerous rules on internal controls used for financial reporting.批评认为它使得外国公司比起纽约,更青睐于在伦敦上市。另外的抱怨来自于对于国内公司财务报告监管的冗长的法律条文。
网络短语
- Whinge Rider鲸骑士
- whinge e哀鸣
词源
- whinge来自中世纪英语whinsen, 来自古英语hwinsian("to whine"), 来自原始日耳曼语*hwinisōną("to whine"), 来自原始日耳曼语*hwīnaną("to whizz, rush, swoosh, whine, hiss"), 来自原始印欧语*ḱwey-("to hiss, whistle, whisper"). 同源于德语winseln("to whine, whimper").
- whinge絮絮叨叨的抱怨来自 whine,哭嚷,引申词义抱怨。
- whingeFrom Middle English whinsen, from Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-Germanic *hwinisōną (“to whine”), from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną (“to whizz, rush, swoosh, whine, hiss”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”).