"I have a gripe about the service here"
"What was he hollering about?"
She never beefed about her miserable life.
她对苦日子从不抱怨。
Stop beefing about your pay and do some work!
不要对你的薪水没完没了的发牢骚了,做点事吧!
It's quite a good story but it needs beefing up a bit before we can publish it.
这是个相当好的故事,但还要充实一下我们才能发表。
beef sth ⇔ upThat was seen as a campaign to beef up American forces in Europe.
那件事被认为是美国在欧洲加强军事力量的活动。
The colony's garrison was now beefed up to about forty thousand service personnel.
在殖民地的驻军目前增加到大约4万人。