"snivel" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 抽泣
• 哭訴

Definition

以軟弱、帶哭腔的方式哭泣或抱怨，常伴有抽噎。通常給人孩子氣或惱人的感覺。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Snivel” 多用於正式或文學語境，口語中不常見。帶有孩子氣或自憐意味。常見表達有“don’t snivel”。不要與“sniffle”（吸鼻涕）或“whine”（吵鬧抱怨）混淆。

Examples

Please don't snivel about your homework.

請不要為作業而**抽泣**。

The child began to snivel when he didn't get ice cream.

孩子沒拿到冰淇淋就開始**抽泣**。

He tends to snivel when things don’t go his way.

事情不順時，他就愛**哭訴**。

Stop sniveling and stand up for yourself!

別再**抽泣**了，自己站出來！

I can't listen to him snivel about the same problem every day.

我受不了每天聽他為同一個問題**哭訴**。

She sniveled about being treated unfairly at work.

她為在工作中被不公正對待而**哭訴**。