invective

英 [ɪnˈvektɪv]

美 [ɪnˈvektɪv]

n.  辱骂; 咒骂

复数：invectives　

GRE

BNC.20677 / COCA.22396

牛津词典

noun

• 辱骂；咒骂
  rude language and unpleasant remarks that sb shouts when they are very angry

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 咒骂;痛骂
  Invectiveis rude and unpleasant things that people shout at people they hate or are angry with.
  1. A woman had hurled racist invective at the family...
     一个女人对那家人大骂有种族歧视的脏话。
  2. Crowley maintained a stream of invective and abuse against Waite.
     克劳利连珠炮似的对韦特骂个不停。

英英释义

noun

• abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will
  Synonym:vituperationvitriol

双语例句

• He had expected criticism but not the invective which greeted his proposal.
  他期望迎接他的提议的是批评而不是痛骂。
• Tertullian cannot restrain his invective; yet he wishes to be conciliating, and it breaks out in spite of his argument, instead of being its essence as before.
  良不能限制他的谩骂，但他希望调解，它打破了，尽管他的论点，而不是像以前的本质。
• A stream of invective from some sectors of the press continues to assail the governmet.
  新闻界某些部门继续用一连串的痛骂来抨击政府。
• In foreign policy, Colby expected an end to invective against the United States and a mellowing of allende's third world stance.
  在对外政策方面，科尔比估计会停止肆意攻击美国，并且会冲淡阿连德的第三世界立场。
• Afire with annihilating invective; a devastating portrait of human folly; to compliments inflated I've a withering reply-W.S.Gilbert.
  因恶语谩骂而怒火中烧的；荒唐人类的讽刺像；对夸张的恭维我都给以讽刺的回答。
• She struggled like a wildcat, screaming invective at allen.
  她像野猫似的拼命挣扎，对着艾伦尖声辱骂。
• How much more elegant is it to slay your foe, with the roses of irony than to massacre him with the axes of sarcasm or to belabour him with the bludgeon of invective.
  用讥讽的玫瑰镇服你的对手，较之用嘲弄的板斧将他剁砍或用谩骂的大头棒将他捶打，更为温文尔雅。
• In contrast to opinion surveys after the Huiyuan judgment, which found that 80 per cent of Chinese people opposed foreign involvement in domestic companies, public reaction to this deal has been muted, with none of the invective aimed at Coke.
  与汇源收购案裁决之后的民调80%的中国人反对外资收购本土公司相反，公众对此次交易反应平淡，没有出现那种攻击可口可乐的言论。
• They resorted to sarcasm irony, invective and self-praise.
  他们求助于使用挖苦、讽刺、谩骂和自吹自擂。
• The woman started to curse in a flood of obscene invective that rolled over and around him like the hot white water splashing down from the sudden eruption of a geyser.
  那女人连珠炮似地臭骂起来，好象温泉要突然迸发，一股白花花的热水直朝他身上喷来。