老外说“What's your beef?”是啥意思，可和牛肉没关系哦

【朗读以下例句，并用今日表达造句】

What's your beef with this project? You've had some issue with it from day one.

He is always beefing about his working conditions.

He has been going to the gym every day for months in hopes of beefing up his frame.

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【精讲部分】

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beef

= a complaint

不满；抱怨；牢骚

What's one's beef (with someone or something)?

某人为什么不满？发啥牢骚？

【解释】

Why is one upset (with someone or something)? What is one's problem (with someone or something)?

【例句】

What's Cheryl's beef today? She's been really snippy with me all day.

Cheryl今天在烦啥？她一整天都对我很凶。

I'll tell you what my beef with you is: I'm really annoyed that you would leave all these dishes for me to clean up, instead of just doing them yourself!

我告诉你我为什么对你不满意：你把所有的盘子都留给我来洗，你自己却不洗，我真是生气!

What's your beef with this project? You've had some issue with it from day one.

你对这个项目有何不满？你第一天开始就有。

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beef (about sb/sth)

老是抱怨；大发牢骚

【解释】

to complain a lot about sb/sth

【例句】

He is always beefing about his working conditions.

他总是抱怨他的工作环境。

Of course she is beefing about how I left dishes out in the kitchen. She's not happy unless everything is perfectly put away.

她当然是在抱怨我把盘子乱放在厨房里。除非把所有东西都收拾好，否则她是不会高兴的。

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beef sth up

使更大(或更好、更有意思等)

【解释】

to make sth bigger better, more interesting, etc.

【例句】

With all these protestors here, we definitely need to beef up security.

这里有这么多抗议者，我们必须加强安保。

He has been going to the gym every day for months in hopes of beefing up his frame.

几个月来，他每天都去健身房，希望增强体格。

The soup tastes good, but we could beef it up by adding some spices.

这汤尝起来不错，但我们可以加些调味品，让它更加美味。