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我们都知道英语单词beef是牛肉的意思，但你知道beef还能作为动词使用吗?beef 正常情况下是牛肉的意思，但在口语中，beef 作为名词还有“抱怨;怨言”和“力量，力气”这两种风马牛不相及的意思!想了解这部分英语知识，一起来往下看看吧!

beef指“力量，力气”的这种用法主要出现在英国。

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My main beef about the job is that I have to work on Saturdays.

我对这份工作最大的不满是周六还得干活儿。

He said that the newly published report didn't have much beef in it.

他称新发布的报告没什么力度。

In the late 1800s, beef saw use as a verb meaning “complain.” 在19世纪末，beef 开始在口语中作为动词使用，意思是 to complain，抱怨。

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He was beefing about having to do the shopping.

他在为不得不去购物而抱怨。

have a beef with

现在你知道 have a beef with (someone or something) 是什么意思了吗?

To have an outstanding or unsettled dispute or disagreement with someone or something.

与某人或某事有重要的争执，或未解决的分歧。

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Dad has a real beef with the phone company because they keep raising their rates.

爸爸对电话公司很有意见，因为他们不断提高资费。

beef up

beef up 同样是口语中的用法，意思是“加强;充实”。

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Security around the city will be beefed up during the event.

在活动期间，城市周围的安全措施将得到加强。

a politician looking to beef his image up

想要提升自己形象的政治家

beefcake

你以为 beefcake 是牛肉蛋糕?牛肉能做蛋糕吗?不，它的意思其实是用来指看到就会流口水的那些肌肉发达的健美男子!

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I always buy the fire station's charity calendar because I love looking at the beefcakes in their firefighter outfits.

我总是买消防站的慈善日历，因为我喜欢看那些穿着消防员制服的肌肉帅哥们。

抱怨 用英语还可以怎么表达

表示“对…有意见;向…抱怨”，除了熟知的complain，和上面提到的beef，你还可以说：have a bone to pick with sb。

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I've got a bone to pick with you - you've been using my shaver again.