Word · Frequency #4295
beefing
抱怨；发牢骚
beefing is the present participle of beef.
核心释义
complain
- 1.
抱怨
complain
抱怨；养(牛)；宰(牛)；告发
用法In use
He always beefs about the food in the cafeteria.
用法提示：动词beef表示抱怨，后面接about引出抱怨对象
My coworkers are beefing about the new schedule.
用法提示：动词beef的现在分词形式beefing，表示正在抱怨
She beefed to the manager about the poor service.
用法提示：动词beef的过去式beefed，后面接to引出抱怨对象
beef about sth
口语说法，表示对某事不满、发牢骚，多见于美式英语；about 后接抱怨的事由。
Customers are always beefing about the slow service.
顾客总是抱怨服务太慢。
beef that + 从句
用 that 从句具体说出抱怨的内容，语气随意，多用于非正式场合。
She beefed that the hotel room was too noisy.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- beef about
- 抱怨…；对…发牢骚
- She's always beefing about the weather.她总是在抱怨天气。
- beef to
- 向…抱怨
- He beefed to the manager about the service.他向经理抱怨服务质量。
- beef that
- 抱怨说…
- Workers beefed that the pay was too low.工人们抱怨说工资太低。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- beef up
- 加强；充实；使更有力The government decided to beef up border security.政府决定加强边境安全。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
对着盘里的牛肉（beef）挑三拣四，就是 beef——抱怨。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、非正式场合 该动词义“抱怨”属于非正式用语，通常用于日常谈话或较随便的场合，正式写作中较少使用；常搭配 about 引出抱怨对象。
语法说明Grammar Note
常用搭配 beef about sth，意为抱怨某事。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end in the same stressed /iːf/ sound and rhyme with beef. Do not confuse the spelling with lookalikes such as beer /bɪr/, beet /biːt/, or beep /biːp/, whose final sounds differ.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.