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TOEFL BNC: 7002 COCA: 8625

grievance

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
grievance /ˈgriːvəns/ noun
plural grievances
grievance
/ˈgriːvəns/
noun
plural grievances
Learner's definition of GRIEVANCE
1 
: a feeling of having been treated unfairly不平；不满；怨愤
[noncount]
[count]
2 
[count] : a reason for complaining or being unhappy with a situation（指不满的事由）冤情，苦情
3 
[count] : a statement in which you say you are unhappy or not satisfied with something投诉；抱怨
TOEFL BNC: 7002 COCA: 8625

grievance

noun

griev·​ance ˈgrē-vən(t)s How to pronounce grievance (audio)
1
: a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance
Her chief grievance was the sexual harassment by her boss.
2
: the formal expression of a grievance : complaint
filed a grievance against her employer
3
obsolete : suffering, distress

Synonyms

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injustice, injury, wrong, grievance mean an act that inflicts undeserved hurt.

injustice applies to any act that involves unfairness to another or violation of one's rights.

the injustices suffered by the lower classes

injury applies in law specifically to an injustice for which one may sue to recover compensation.

libel constitutes a legal injury

wrong applies also in law to any act punishable according to the criminal code; it may apply more generally to any flagrant injustice.

determined to right society's wrongs

grievance applies to a circumstance or condition that constitutes an injustice to the sufferer and gives just ground for complaint.

a list of employee grievances

Example Sentences

He has a deep sense of grievance against his former employer. She has been nursing a grievance all week. In the petition, the students listed their many grievances against the university administration. Several customers came to the front desk to air their grievances.
Recent Examples on the Web The Presidential Emergency Board, a federal panel convened by President Biden to intervene to help end the labor dispute, said in its 124-page report that disputes over attendance policies are best resolved in the grievance and arbitration process. Esther Fung, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022 It’s the ultimate triumph of the right’s politics of grievance and lies. Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022 His power is built on grievance and whining and bellyaching. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2022 Like many union contracts, the deal between the WGA East and West and CBS News outlines a grievance and arbitration process if there is a dispute over the implementation of the deal. Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2022 For the Bosnian Serbs, however, this self-deception is part of a larger remaking of reality, a surge of grievance and denialism that now threatens to break the country apart. New York Times, 14 June 2022 That grievance has supercharged their long-running culture war and underlies recent moves by Republican state governments to ban certain books and censor what schools can teach about race, history and sexuality. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022 Immigration and just grievance against Biden fires up the right. NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022 Is there any specific grievance to pin your suspicions on? Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see grieve

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of grievance was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 7002 COCA: 8625
grievance

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + GRIEVANCE | GRIEVANCE + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤genuine, legitimate, real真正的委屈；合乎情理的不滿；真實的冤情◇Some people will complain even if they have no genuine grievance.有些人即使沒受什麼委屈也要抱怨。➤historical, long-standing, old歷史上的冤案；長期的牢騷；陳年的牢騷▸➤individual, personal個人的不滿➤specific明確的不滿▸➤economic, political, social對經濟／政治／社會的不滿◇By the 1950s, political grievances were again being voiced.到了 20 世紀 50 年代，人們又開始對政治表達不滿。VERB + GRIEVANCE➤harbour/harbor, have, nurse心懷怨恨；心存不滿◇She still nursed her old grievance.她仍然心存舊怨。➤air, express, voice叫苦；表露不滿；發泄不滿➤file (NAmE) 投訴▸➤hear (formal) , listen to傾聽／聽取抱怨◇No one would listen to their grievances.沒有人願意聽他們的抱怨。➤address, redress, remedy, settle解決抱怨；申冤；撫慰不滿；處理不滿情緒◇Managers would make every effort to address individual grievances.經理會盡最大的努力化解個人的不滿。GRIEVANCE + NOUN➤procedure, process申訴程序／過程➤committee (NAmE) 申訴委員會PREPOSITION➤grievance about, grievance over關於⋯的不滿◇The meeting will be a chance to air your grievances about the organization.你可以利用這次會面申訴你對組織的不滿。➤grievance against對⋯的不滿◇He had a personal grievance against the professor.他對這位教授懷有私怨。PHRASES➤a sense of grievance不滿情緒

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