kvetch about sth
后接抱怨的对象。
She's always kvetching about the weather.
她总是抱怨天气。
抱怨；发牢骚
kvetching — present participle of kvetch
<美俚> 强求；督促；经常性地发牢骚
To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
一般现在时
She always kvetches about the weather.
她总是抱怨天气。
一般过去时
He kvetched about the service yesterday.
他昨天抱怨了服务。
present progressive
They are kvetching about the new policy.
他们正在抱怨新政策。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
He always kvetching about the weather, no matter how nice it is.
他总在抱怨天气，不管天气有多好。
用法提示：动词kvetch的现在分词形式，表示持续抱怨的习惯。
She kvetched to her manager about the new policy for an hour.
她向经理抱怨新政策抱怨了一个小时。
用法提示：动词kvetch的过去式，表示一次具体的抱怨行为。
Stop kvetching and just enjoy the party!
别抱怨了，好好享受派对吧！
用法提示：动词kvetch的动名词形式，用于祈使句否定结构。
后接抱怨的对象。
She's always kvetching about the weather.
她总是抱怨天气。
同时指明抱怨对象和内容。
He kvetched to his boss about the new schedule.
他向老板抱怨新时间表。
后接从句说明抱怨的具体内容。
They kvetched that the service was too slow.
他们抱怨服务太慢。
grammar · medium
易错句子She kvetches her husband all the time.
正确表达She kvetches about her husband all the time.
kvetch是不及物动词，不能直接接宾语，抱怨的对象需用介词about引出。
grammar · medium
易错句子He kvetched that the food was bad.
正确表达He kvetched about the food being bad.
kvetch后不能接that从句，需用about后接名词或动名词形式。
kvetch 表示抱怨，而 fetch 表示去拿来；两者发音相似但意思截然不同，注意不要混淆
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