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单词 whinge
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whinge
verb[I]
UKinformaldisapproving
uk
/wɪndʒ/us
/wɪndʒ/
past tense and past participlewhingeingorwhinging
tocomplain,especiallyabout something that does notseemimportant:
（尤指为琐事）抱怨，发牢骚
Ohstopwhinging, for heaven'ssake!哎哟，看在老天爷的份上你就别抱怨了！
She's always whingeing(on) aboutsomething.她总是在发牢骚。
More examples
  • She had nothing to whinge about.
  • Youwhineand whinge andthinkof no one but yourself.
  • I am not going to whinge that theweatherinScotlandis alwayscolderthan inEngland.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bewail
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • lodge
  • mutter
  • nark
  • protestation
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • start on atsomeone
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
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whinge
noun[Cusually singular]
UKinformaldisapproving
uk
/wɪndʒ/us
/wɪndʒ/
theactofcomplaining,especiallyabout something that does notseemimportant:
We were justhaving awhinge aboutourboss- nothing new.
This is not a whinge - just astatementoffact.
More examples
  • I'm just having a little whinge, that's all.
  • Usually herdemandsbeganwith a whinge about usspendingmoretimetogether.
  • I don'twantthis toturninto a whingesession.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Complaining
  • be/go on atsomeoneidiom
  • bellyaching
  • bewail
  • bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom
  • complain
  • complaining
  • create/kick up/raise a stinkidiom
  • gnashing of teethidiom
  • grouch
  • lodge
  • mutter
  • nark
  • protestation
  • raise a rumpusidiom
  • rumpus
  • squawk
  • start on atsomeone
  • vituperation
  • whinging
  • whiny
See more results »
(Definition ofwhingefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
whinge
verb[I]
UKinformaldisapproving
uk
/wɪndʒ/us
/wɪndʒ/
past tense and past participlewhingeingorwhinging
tocomplain,especiallyabout something that does notseemimportant
（尤指为琐事）抱怨，发牢骚
Ohstopwhinging, for heaven'ssake!哎哟，看在老天爷的份上你就别抱怨了！
She's always whingeing(on) aboutsomething.她总是在发牢骚。

Examplesofwhinge

whinge
I realise that he cannot throw off the habits of a lifetime—his bad political practices, and his usual whinges and cringes.
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He just whinged about it as usual.
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The newspaper's reviewer complained: there is little useful information in this breathless, whingeing and ill-written volume that a diligent reader of books about spying would not know already.
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There is something very therapeutic about having a goodwhinge, but we must go further.
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I believe that there is no need towhingeabout the loss of the good old days.
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All they do iswhingeand that, like the rest of their policies, has no substance.
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If one has something towhingeabout, one whinges.
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They must notwhingeand run it down.
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I will notwhingeeither about the ministerial statement.
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Theywhingeabout the widening deficit but suggest little to solve it.
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Part of mywhingeis that we should consider that point with more care.
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Now, we wail andwhingefrom the sidelines instead of returning to the vacant place in the team.
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In the end, the other member states will say that if we disagree so fundamentally andwhingeand moan so much, we should pull out.
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I have not heard anyone do anything other thanwhinge, and rightly so.
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The matter is not about having anotherwhingeon behalf of farmers of the west country, but about partnership.
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