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单词 diatribe
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Definition of diatribe in English:

diatribe

noun ˈdʌɪətrʌɪbˈdaɪəˌtraɪb
  • A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

    a diatribe against consumerism
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If Carlyle's criticism curdled into diatribes of denunciation, Comte's calcified into the dogmatism of a cult.
    • Certainly the right has built a vast information infrastructure, but a majority Americans are not falling for their diatribes.
    • Right-wing diatribes against the ‘liberal media’ often have an unpleasant whiff of whining.
    • As political diatribes go, the messages criticizing the two county commissioners were pretty mild.
    • After questioning him, he launched into a diatribe of self-recrimination.
    • His vitriolic diatribes were indeed difficult for those of us in attendance to stomach.
    • The fact that Skinner's verbal diatribes are accompanied by minimum technological enhancement only add to their power.
    • I do not personally know any of the recipients of your attacks, yet I seem to find myself in agreement with some who did bother to respond to your selfish and misguided diatribes.
    • Yet, this middle section is a slog, frankly (reminiscent of the author's long-winded diatribes in his other books).
    • His last letter turned into another of his lengthy diatribes about Bradford Council, even though I don't believe I had referred to that body in my previous letter.
    • His diatribes preserve the syntax of logical argument but are devoid of sense, which I think is symptomatic of a form of mental illness.
    • They lived in a commune, dressed in black and sang ferocious punk rock diatribes against society's values and institutions - not least Christianity.
    • But this is not a bitter diatribe about the male obsession with sex.
    • As we have stated in this column before, it is important that we foster a spirit of dialogue in the politics of this country, diatribes of invectives will not take Zambia anywhere.
    • He frequently used such commonplace devices as rhetorical questions and other characteristic elements of diatribes.
    • Luther's vitriolic diatribes against the Jews are part of the history that leads to Kristallnacht.
    • Reading some of his anti-Liberal Party diatribes could make you think he's been following today's current sponsorship scandal.
    • She finished off her diatribe by condemning the previous day's protest by workers and farmers.
    • Whether or not you agree with Blair's often irrational diatribes, he's arguably the most widely-read Australian blogger.
    • As well as frequent mentions of Club Med, Platform contains a few diatribes against the Guide du Routard, France's backpacker alternative to the Michelin guides.
    Synonyms
    tirade, harangue, verbal onslaught, verbal attack, stream of abuse, denunciation, broadside, fulmination, condemnation, criticism, stricture, reproof, reproval, reprimand, rebuke, admonishment, admonition
    invective, upbraiding, vituperation, abuse, castigation
    informal tongue-lashing, knocking, slamming, panning, bashing, blast, flak
    British informal slating
    rare philippic, obloquy

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a disquisition): from French, via Latin from Greek diatribē 'spending of time, discourse', from dia 'through' + tribein 'rub'.

 
 

Definition of diatribe in US English:

diatribe

nounˈdīəˌtrībˈdaɪəˌtraɪb
  • A forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

    a diatribe against the Roman Catholic Church
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His vitriolic diatribes were indeed difficult for those of us in attendance to stomach.
    • They lived in a commune, dressed in black and sang ferocious punk rock diatribes against society's values and institutions - not least Christianity.
    • Luther's vitriolic diatribes against the Jews are part of the history that leads to Kristallnacht.
    • She finished off her diatribe by condemning the previous day's protest by workers and farmers.
    • His diatribes preserve the syntax of logical argument but are devoid of sense, which I think is symptomatic of a form of mental illness.
    • As well as frequent mentions of Club Med, Platform contains a few diatribes against the Guide du Routard, France's backpacker alternative to the Michelin guides.
    • His last letter turned into another of his lengthy diatribes about Bradford Council, even though I don't believe I had referred to that body in my previous letter.
    • Certainly the right has built a vast information infrastructure, but a majority Americans are not falling for their diatribes.
    • Yet, this middle section is a slog, frankly (reminiscent of the author's long-winded diatribes in his other books).
    • Reading some of his anti-Liberal Party diatribes could make you think he's been following today's current sponsorship scandal.
    • Right-wing diatribes against the ‘liberal media’ often have an unpleasant whiff of whining.
    • I do not personally know any of the recipients of your attacks, yet I seem to find myself in agreement with some who did bother to respond to your selfish and misguided diatribes.
    • As political diatribes go, the messages criticizing the two county commissioners were pretty mild.
    • As we have stated in this column before, it is important that we foster a spirit of dialogue in the politics of this country, diatribes of invectives will not take Zambia anywhere.
    • The fact that Skinner's verbal diatribes are accompanied by minimum technological enhancement only add to their power.
    • He frequently used such commonplace devices as rhetorical questions and other characteristic elements of diatribes.
    • But this is not a bitter diatribe about the male obsession with sex.
    • After questioning him, he launched into a diatribe of self-recrimination.
    • If Carlyle's criticism curdled into diatribes of denunciation, Comte's calcified into the dogmatism of a cult.
    • Whether or not you agree with Blair's often irrational diatribes, he's arguably the most widely-read Australian blogger.
    Synonyms
    tirade, harangue, verbal onslaught, verbal attack, stream of abuse, denunciation, broadside, fulmination, condemnation, criticism, stricture, reproof, reproval, reprimand, rebuke, admonishment, admonition

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a disquisition): from French, via Latin from Greek diatribē ‘spending of time, discourse’, from dia ‘through’ + tribein ‘rub’.

 
 
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