plain about sth
She plained about the noise all night.
她整晚都在抱怨噪音。
表达抱怨、不满、不悦或不幸福;平原;草原;简单的;明白的
表达抱怨、不满、不悦或不幸福
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
一般现在时
She always plains about the weather.
她总是抱怨天气。
一般过去时
He plained loudly about the service.
他大声抱怨服务不好。
现在进行时
They are plaining about the delay.
他们正在抱怨延误。
规则动词,名词化形式为plaining。
She plains about the cold office every single day.
她每天都抱怨办公室太冷。
用法提示:此处“plain”作动词,后接“about”引出抱怨对象,表示“抱怨”。
The passengers plained about the delay to the ticket clerk.
乘客们向售票员抱怨延误。
用法提示:“plained”是“plain”的过去式,在这里作不及物动词,带about短语说明不满之事。
Why are you plaining about the food when you chose this restaurant?
你既然选了这家餐厅,为什么还抱怨食物?
用法提示:“plaining”是“plain”的现在分词,与be动词构成进行时,表达正在抱怨。
She plained about the noise all night.
她整晚都在抱怨噪音。
较正式用法
He plained that his workload was too heavy.
他抱怨说他的工作量太重了。
The tenants plained to the landlord about the broken heater.
租户向房东抱怨暖气坏了。
grammar · medium
易错句子He plained the service.
正确表达He plained about the service.
动词plain是不及物动词,不能直接跟宾语;抱怨的对象需要用介词about引入。
grammar · medium
易错句子Please plain the instructions.
正确表达Please make the instructions plain.
Plain作动词时意为抱怨,而非简化;表达‘使简化’应使用短语make...plain或动词clarify。
complain是更常用的‘抱怨’动词,而plain作为动词较正式或书面,且拼写接近。
plane与plain发音相同,但意思是飞机或刨子,与抱怨无关。
抱怨
She plained about the poor service.
她抱怨服务差。
向…诉苦
He plained to his friends about his troubles.
他向朋友诉苦。
com- + plain
complain + -t
complain + -er
plaint + -iff
plaint + -ive
plaintive + -ly
与平原相对的高大地形,常对比出现
平原与山地之间的低洼地带
平原上常见的水系,灌溉平原
类似平原的植被覆盖区域
比平原高的起伏地形,过渡地带
显而易见
The solution was plain as day once he explained it.
他解释后,解决方案就显而易见了。
一帆风顺
The project was plain sailing after the initial difficulties were overcome.
克服了最初的困难后,该项目就一帆风顺了。
用简明英语
Could you say that in plain English? I don't understand the technical terms.
你能用简明英语说一下吗?我不懂那些技术术语。
我是普通的简,但我仍然是老板。
From the song 'Plain Jane' by A$AP Ferg (2017).
来自A$AP Ferg 2017年的歌曲《Plain Jane》。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
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