It is pretended, that I am retarding the cause of emancipation, by the coarseness of my invective, and the precipitancy of my measures. 有人说,我采取粗俗漫骂的言辞和骤然激烈的手段,在这场解放事业中不过是装腔作势而已。
He recounts in one neat reversal the turn in the history of invective.
他讲述了谩骂史上一个巧妙的逆转。
一个叫欧维的男人决定去死
He stopped, his hands trembling with anger, at least a dozen pieces of invective at his disposal.
他卡在那里,手气得直抖,十来句谩骂含在嘴里蓄势待发。
美国历史
In this outburst of invective, nothing was spared.
——在这一阵骂声中,无一不幸免。
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The defense minister fired off his own tweet that accused the United States, quote, of giving nothing but invective and mistrust.
巴基斯坦国防部长则在推特上作出回应,指责美国“只给了谩骂和怀疑”。
经济学人 Culture
As the only black student in his Catholic high school class, he was greeted every morning by racist invective.
作为天主教高中班上唯一的黑人学生,他每天早上都会受到种族主义的辱骂。
戏剧速成小课堂
The greatest example of an anti-theatrical text is probably William Prynne's Histriomastix, a thousand pages of invective against the theater published in 1632.
So were his endless repetitions of invective loudly audible: " That woman! Oh, that woman; Oh, that danged woman" !
他无休止地大声辱骂也是如此:“那个女人!哦,那个女人; 哦,那个该死的女人” !
亨利·亚当斯的教育(上)
Whatever forms of phrase were usual in public to modify the harshness of invective, in private no political opponent in England, and few political friends, hesitated to say brutally of Lord John Russell that he lied.
Invective (noun), from Middle English invectif, or Old French and Late Latin invectus, is an abusive, reproachful or venomous language used to express blame or censure; also, a rude expression or discourse intended to offend or hurt. Vituperation, or deeply seated ill will, vitriol. Also note: Latin invectivus (adj.), 'scolding.'