Word · Frequency #2762
plaining
抱怨；诉苦
plaining is the present participle of plain.
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
- 1.
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
表达抱怨、不满、不悦或不幸福
表达抱怨、不满、不悦或不幸福；平原；草原；简单的；明白的
In use
She plains about the cold office every single day.
The passengers plained about the delay to the ticket clerk.
Why are you plaining about the food when you chose this restaurant?
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.
他抱怨说他的工作量太重了。
plain to sb about sth
The tenants plained to the landlord about the broken heater.
租户向房东抱怨暖气坏了。
Verb forms
base plain · third person plains · -ing plaining · past plained · past participle plained
规则动词，名词化形式为plaining。
Common mistakes
He plained the service.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。
Please plain the instructions.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。
Connections
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。
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。
- in plain English
- 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。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
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。
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）。
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.
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 3，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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