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have a beef with sb
常用于口语，表示个人之间的不满。
He has a beef with his neighbor.
他和邻居有矛盾。
牛肉
beefs — plural of beef
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
牛肉
The meat of cattle, especially adult domestic cattle, eaten as food.
He has a beef with his neighbor.
他和邻居有矛盾。
牛或其他牛科动物的肉,尤指成年个体的肉
The meat from cattle or other bovines; especially, that from adults.
为取肉而饲养的牛
cattle that are reared for their meat
牛科动物
Bovine animals.
成年家养牛的肉
meat from an adult domestic bovine
I ordered a beef steak for dinner.
我晚餐点了一份牛排。
She cooked beef stew with vegetables.
她用蔬菜炖了牛肉。
He has a beef with his neighbor about the noise.
他对邻居的噪音有不满。
常用于口语，表示个人之间的不满。
He has a beef with his neighbor.
他和邻居有矛盾。
She has a beef about the new policy.
她对这项新政策有怨言。
作食物时，直接修饰其他名词。
I ordered beef noodles.
我点了牛肉面。
Not this
I ate a beef for dinner.
Use this
I ate beef for dinner.
Beef (牛肉) 是不可数名词，不能直接用不定冠词 'a'。应去掉冠词或加 'some'。
Not this
There are many beefs on the farm.
Use this
There are many cows on the farm.
Beef 指牛肉，不指活牛。表示活牛应用 'cow'（母牛）或 'bull'（公牛）等。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
烤牛肉
I love roast beef with gravy.
我喜欢配肉汁的烤牛肉。
碎牛肉
She bought ground beef to make meatballs.
她买了碎牛肉来做肉丸。
炖牛肉
The beef stew simmered all afternoon.
炖牛肉炖了一整个下午。
有不满；有怨言
He has a beef with his coworker over the schedule.
他因为时间安排和同事有不满。
主要不满
Her main beef is that the movie was too long.
她主要不满的是电影太长了。
对某人有怨言；与某人闹矛盾
I have a beef with my neighbor about the noise.
我和邻居因为噪音闹矛盾。
你有什么不满？
You seem upset. What's your beef?
你看起来不高兴。你有什么不满？
实质内容在哪里？
The proposal sounds good, but where's the beef?
这个提议听起来不错，但实质内容在哪里？
牛肉呢？
She asked for a bigger portion, repeating the famous catchphrase 'Where's the beef?'
她要求更多分量，重复了著名的口头禅'牛肉呢？'
我跟你没怨没仇。
In the movie 'Friday', Smokey says 'I ain't got no beef with you' to avoid a fight.
在电影《星期五》中，Smokey说'I ain't got no beef with you'以避免冲突。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 see, free)
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吃牛肉（beef）时别抱怨（beef）肉太硬——一词双义，联想记忆。
名词beef有两个常见含义：1) 牛肉，中性，日常用语；2) 抱怨、不满，非正式用语，常见于口语和俚语。
作'抱怨'解时用单数，后常接with
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