As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
1.这里为什么不用complain about?
2.complain about 与 complain of 的区别?
告诉网友一个“秘密”:of 用在“说话”的动词后面,跟about 同义。
compain 是“抱怨”,需要“说”出来。
【个人观点】of 的意义和用法。of 是“关于;对于;涉及”的意思,那么,为什么有时候不用about,而用of?其实这个问题很简单,about 和of 两个词,相比起来of 的字母少,音节也少,显得简练。此外,更重要的一点是,of 更倾向跟表示“谈;论;说”的词语搭配,例如:
tell of:讲述
speak of:论及
talk of:谈论
boast of:吹嘘
complain of:抱怨
sing of:歌颂
warn sb. of sth.:告诫某人有关某事
inform sb. of sth.:通知某人有关某事
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complained of sth. = complained about sth.抱怨某(事)物
You have nothing to complain about [of], do you ? 你没有什么不满吧?(摘自外研社、建宏《英汉多功能词典》)
All the guests complained about the noise. 所有的客人都抱怨这些噪音。(摘自《牛津英语搭配词典》英汉双解版)
所以:
As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
这里complained of也可以改为complain about