Complain

Definition

complain /kǝm'pleÇn/ v ၁။ ~ (to sb) (about/of sth) ( often derog ) တိုင္တန္းသည္။ တိုင္ၾကားသည္။ ညည္းညဴသည္။ မေက်မနပ္ေျပာသည္။ Holiday-makers complained bitterly that the resort was filthy. ❍ They have complained (to the council) about the noise. ❍ ‘I can't see a thing,’ she complained. ❍ You're always complaining! ❍ ( infml ) ‘What was the weather like on your vacation?’ ‘Oh, I can't complain (ie It was not bad). ’ ၂။ ~ of sth (ေဝဒနာေၾကာင့္)ညည္းတြားသည္။ The patient is complaining of acute earache. ❏ complainingly adv မေက်မနပ္။ ညည္းညည္းညဴညဴ။ ‘Why me?’ he asked complainingly.

Examples

1. ‘It’s far too hot
2. ’ she complained.
3. [complain about] : What are you complaining about?
4. [complain (that)] : She complained that she never had any time to herself.
5. [complain to] : He threatened to complain to the boss.