词组 | complaint |
释义 | complaint /kəmˈpleɪnt/ noun a statement in which someone complains about somethingadjectives/nouns + complainta formal/official complaint The man has made a formal complaint against the police.a common/widespread/frequent complaint A common complaint of children is that parents do not listen to them.a legitimate complaint (=reasonable) In my view, it is a legitimate complaint.a customer/consumer complaint As a result of the improvements, customer complaints went down by 70%.a serious complaint Serious complaints of negligence have been made.a bitter complaint (=very angry) The people are full of bitter complaints about their government.verbsmake a complaint (to sb) (=complain formally to someone) The manager of the team made a complaint about the referee.file/lodge/register a complaint (with sb) formal (=make a complaint) She filed a complaint with her boss against several of her colleagues.bring a complaint against sb formal (=complain in a formal, legal way) Higgins brought a complaint against his former manager.voice a complaint (=complain) When employees voiced complaints, they received little response.have a complaint (=want to complain about something) Please let us know if you have any complaints about our service.get/receive a complaint Our department has received a number of complaints from the public.deal with/handle a complaint Police officers came to the house to deal with a complaint about noise.address a complaint formal (=try to deal with it) How did the department address complaints of discrimination?respond to a complaint The company responded to the complaint by saying it had not intended to cause offence.investigate a complaint The dog was rescued after officials investigated a complaint of neglect.resolve a complaint (=deal with it in a satisfactory way) The branch manager should be able to investigate and resolve your complaint.uphold a complaint (=say it is reasonable) The complaint was upheld and the advertisement was withdrawn.dismiss/reject a complaint (=say it is not reasonable) The investigation committee rejected the complaint.a complaint concerns sth/relates to sth We have received a number of complaints concerning faulty goods.prepositionsa complaint about sth/sb His manager had received a complaint about his behaviour.a complaint of sth There have been complaints of bullying at the school.a complaint against sb (=about someone) Complaints against doctors continue to rise.a complaint from/by sb They were getting complaints from their customers.a complaint to sb The matter was investigated following a complaint to the police.phrasescause/grounds for complaint (=a good reason to complain) I do not think that he has any cause for complaint.a letter of complaint I wrote a letter of complaint to the hospital manager.a complaints procedure (=a system for dealing with complaints) There is no formal complaints procedure for patients.THESAURUS: complaint protest when someone complains publicly about something that they think is wrong or unfair and should not be allowed to happen: Despite their protests, the students’ fees were increased. | When two members of the team were dismissed, the rest of them walked out in protest. | The ambassador lodged a formal protest against the proposals (=made an official written protest). | Ignoring my protests, he took off his jacket and wrapped it around my shoulders. grievance something that you feel unhappy about because you think that you have been treated unfairly – use this especially about an official complaint you make about the place where you work: She filed a grievance last year after her supervisor refused to promote her (=made an official complaint). | Anyone who has a legitimate grievance against the company can take it to the committee (=one that is based on reasonable grounds). | The meetings give employees the opportunity to express their views or air grievances (=talk about your grievances). |
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