Word · Frequency #4295
beefs
/biːf/
verb
抱怨；发牢骚
beefs is the third person singular of beef.
complain
- 1.
complain
抱怨
抱怨；养(牛)；宰(牛)；告发
In use
He always beefs about the food in the cafeteria.
My coworkers are beefing about the new schedule.
She beefed to the manager about the poor service.
Verb forms
base beef · third person beefs · -ing beefing · past beefed · past participle beefed
抱怨（非正式）
Connections
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。
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。
- have a beef (with someone)
- （与某人）有怨气；有矛盾I have a beef with my landlord over the rent increase.我为涨房租的事对房东有不满。
- Where's the beef?
Learner notes
Memory Tip
对着盘里的牛肉（beef）挑三拣四，就是 beef——抱怨。
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。
Grammar Note
常用搭配 beef about sth，意为抱怨某事。
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.
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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