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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Grievance \Griev"ance\, n. [OF. grevance. See {Grieve}, v. t.]
   1. A cause of uneasiness and complaint; a wrong done and
      suffered; that which gives ground for remonstrance or
      resistance, as arising from injustice, tyranny, etc.;
      injury.

   2. Grieving; grief; affliction.

            The . . . grievance of a mind unreasonably yoked.
                                                  --Milton.

   Syn: Burden; oppression; hardship; trouble.

资料来源 : WordNet®

grievance
     n 1: a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding
          a grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: {grudge}, {score}]
     2: an allegation that something imposes an illegal obligation
        or denies some legal right or causes injustice
     3: a complaint about a (real or imaginary) wrong that causes
        resentment and is grounds for action