diatribe: [16] Diatribe’s connotations of acrimoniousness and abusiveness are a relatively recent (19th-century) development. Originally in English it meant simply ‘learned discourse or disquisition’. It comes via Latin diatriba from Greek diatribé ‘that which passes, or literally wears away, the time’, and hence, in scholarly circles, ‘study’ or ‘discourse’. This was a derivative of diatribein ‘pass, waste, while away’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dia- and tríbein ‘rub’. => attrition, detriment, trite
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, twist" (see throw (v.)). Sense of "invective" is 1804, apparently from French.
中文解释
1、dia- + trib- + -e.2、含义：an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities through wearing away a lot of time.3、该词的原始含义是：一直、持续(dia-)消耗、耗损、耗费(trib-)了大量时间在讲话、演讲、文章中抨击、批评某人的观点、行为；后来，含义由此进行了引申。
实用例句
1. He launched a bitter diatribe against the younger generation.
他对年轻一代发起了猛烈的抨击。
来自《权威词典》
2. He launched into a long diatribe; She plunged into a dangerous adventure.
他投入到一个长期的诽谤中; 她投入一个非常危险的冒.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The book is a diatribe against the academic left.
该书对学界左派进行了抨击。
来自辞典例句
4. George III clapped John Wilkes in the Tower for his diatribe not for his documents.
乔治三世在伦敦塔内教训约翰-威尔克斯,原因不在于后者的纪实文章而是后者对他的抨击谩骂.
来自演讲部分
5. Sally , those were an unwarranted diatribe one more times t IT!
