Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense gripes, present participle griping, past tense, past participle griped
1VERB 抱怨;发牢骚 If you say that someone is griping, you mean they are annoying you because they keep on complaining about something. 抱怨;发牢骚 [informal, disapproval]
Why are football players griping when the average salary is half a million dollars?. [VERB]
足球运动员的平均薪水已达50万美金,他们为什么还要抱怨呢?
They were always griping about high prices. [VERB + about]
他们总是抱怨物价太高。
griping
Still, the griping went on.
怨声依旧未止。
2N-COUNT 抱怨;牢骚 A gripe is a complaint about something. 抱怨;牢骚 [informal]
My only gripe is that one main course and one dessert were unavailable.