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Acceptable Complaints

合理抱怨有益健康

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Acceptable Complaints
正確地處理壓力
Most people complain about someone or something they are dissatisfied with.
多數人會抱怨令他們感到不滿的人事物。
complain about=抱怨…be dissatisfied with=不滿…satisfy(v.)(使)滿意
Parents frustrated with their adolescent children’s defiant behaviors may respond with harsh scolding.
父母可能會以厲聲訓斥來回應孩子青春期的叛逆行徑。
frustrated(adj.)受挫的adolescent(adj.)處於青春期的adolescence(n.)青春期puberty(n.)發育期defiant(adj.)叛逆的;違抗的respond(v.)回應;回覆harsh(adj.)嚴厲的
Couples may spar with each other over trivialities of everyday life.
夫妻之間可能會因日常生活中的瑣事起爭執。
spar(v.)爭吵;爭論triviality(n.)瑣事;小事
However, while the act of complaining is often frowned upon, it does serve some practical uses.
不過,儘管抱怨常被視為不可取的行為,但它確實有其實際作用。
act(n.)行為frown upon=不贊同…;不滿…serve(v.)有助於實現…;對…有用practical(adj.)實際的;實務的practical experience=實務經驗
First, voicing discontent on something wrong or someone at fault helps maintain one’s psychological well-being.
首先,在諸事不順或他人犯錯時宣洩不滿有助於保持心理健康。
voice(v.)表露;表達;表示discontent(n.)不滿=discontentmentat fault=有過錯的psychological(adj.)心理上的
Living in a highly competitive modern society, it is important for people nowadays to cope with the stress in life properly.
生活在一個高度競爭的現代社會,正確地處理壓力是必要的。
competitive(adj.)競爭的cope with=解決;應付;處理
By complaining, people can vent pent-up negative feelings, easing the emotional tensions effectively.
人們可以藉由抱怨發洩壓抑已久的負面情緒,並有效緩解情緒緊繃。
vent(v.)排放;發洩pent-up(adj.)壓抑的ease(v.)舒緩;緩解;減輕tension(n.)緊張(的局勢或關係);緊繃
In addition, complaining can facilitate meaningful changes in one’s life or society.
此外,抱怨可以為生命或社會帶來有意義的改變。
facilitate(v.)促使;促進
For example, when a person uses their social media platform to express discontentment at a national policy that the central government just announced, they increase the exposure of that issue.
例如:當某人利用社群媒體針對中央政府宣達的國家政策表達不滿時,該議題會因此增加曝光度。
express(v.)表達;表露exposure(n.)曝光
Therefore, people who hold similar opinions will have a forum where they can deliberate on matters they are concerned about and plot the course of subsequent actions.
意見相近的人因而會在論壇上討論他們關心的議題,並策劃後續行動的進程。
similar(adj.)相似的deliberate(v.)仔細討論;慎重考慮plot(v.)設計情節;策劃
Complaining can bring about positive outcomes so long as it is delivered purposefully and directed at worthwhile subjects.
只要明確表達並導向值得關注的課題,抱怨也便能帶來正面的結果。
outcome(n.)結果;後果deliver(v.)運送;傳達deliver a speech=致詞deliver a message=傳達訊息purposefully(adv.)有明確目標的;堅決的worthwhile(adj.)值得(花時間精力或金錢)的

📚 重點單字片語

acceptable(adj.)
可接受的;可容許的
complaint(n.)
抱怨;投訴
complain about=
抱怨…
be dissatisfied with=
不滿…
satisfy(v.)(
使)滿意
frustrated(adj.)
受挫的
adolescent(adj.)
處於青春期的
adolescence(n.)
青春期
puberty(n.)
發育期
defiant(adj.)
叛逆的;違抗的
respond(v.)
回應;回覆
harsh(adj.)
嚴厲的
spar(v.)
爭吵;爭論
triviality(n.)
瑣事;小事
act(n.)
行為
frown upon=
不贊同…;不滿…
serve(v.)
有助於實現…;對…有用
practical(adj.)
實際的;實務的
practical experience=
實務經驗
voice(v.)
表露;表達;表示
discontent(n.)
不滿=discontentment
at fault=
有過錯的
psychological(adj.)
心理上的
competitive(adj.)
競爭的
cope with=
解決;應付;處理
vent(v.)
排放;發洩
pent-up(adj.)
壓抑的
ease(v.)
舒緩;緩解;減輕
tension(n.)
緊張(的局勢或關係);緊繃
facilitate(v.)
促使;促進
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