diatribe
diatribe 英 [ˈdaɪətraɪb] 美 [ˈdaɪəˌtraɪb]
n. 诽谤；恶骂
名词复数:diatribes
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- n. 诽谤；恶骂
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1. Well, simply, the point that those ways of thinking about literature, which they exempt from their diatribe against theory.
，很显然，那些有关文学的思维方式的重点在于，这些在他们对理论的诽谤中没有出现。
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2. A few months ago, a Ugandan newspaper ran an antigay diatribe with Mr. Kato’s picture on the front page under a banner urging, “Hang Them.”
几个月前，一家乌干达报纸发表了一篇诽谤同性恋的文章，并在首版配上了卡托的照片，下面还有一行标语“绞死他们”。
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3. On Monday, when the leader went on television with his Green Book in hand, his diatribe was incoherent but familiar.
周一，当卡扎菲手握绿皮书出现在电视中时，他的咒骂是支离破碎的，但又为人所熟悉。
- diatribe (n.) 1640s (in Latin form in English from 1580s), "discourse, critical dissertation," from French diatribe (15c.), from Latin diatriba "learned discussion," from Greek diatribe "employment, study," in Plato, "discourse," literally "a wearing away (of time)," from dia- "away" (see dia-) + tribein "to wear, rub," from PIE root *tere- (1) "to rub, turn." Sense of "invective" is 1804, apparently from French.
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