Word · Frequency #2762
plaining
抱怨；诉苦
plaining is the present participle of plain.
核心释义
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
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表达抱怨、不满、不悦或不幸福
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
表达抱怨、不满、不悦或不幸福；平原；草原；简单的；明白的
用法In use
She plains about the cold office every single day.
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.
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?
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。
plain about sth
She plained about the noise all night.
她整晚都在抱怨噪音。
plain that + clause
较正式用法
He plained that his workload was too heavy.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- plain about
- 抱怨
- She plained about the poor service.她抱怨服务差。
- plain to
- 向…诉苦
- He plained to his friends about his troubles.他向朋友诉苦。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- plain as day
- 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。
- plain sailing
- 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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
plain 和 plane 同音，想象飞机在平原上空飞行，帮助记忆“平原”之意。
语境与语域Context & Register
作为名词，表示“平原”时，该词多用于地理描述或历史叙述，语域中性；日常口语中较少单独出现，常见于复合词如“Great Plains”（北美大平原）。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in 'ain' that rhyme with 'plain' include rain, pain, gain, main, and chain (all pronounced with /eɪn/). However, some 'ain' words like 'captain' are pronounced with /ɪn/ and do not rhyme. Be careful not to mispronounce them.
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Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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