(chiefly Law)the essence or most serious part of a complaint or accusation (主律)(诉状中的)控诉要旨;投诉要点 ■a grievance 冤情;委屈
语源
early 17th cent. (as an ecclesiastical term denoting formal presentation of a grievance): from late Latin, literally physical inconvenience', from Latin gravare 'to load', from gravis 'heavy'