名詞 diatribe:

1. thunderous verbal attack
   同義詞：fulmination

di.a.tribe

n.（名詞）
A bitter, abusive denunciation.
謾罵：一種辛辣的、謾罵性的斥責(zé)

來源：
Latin diatriba [learned discourse]
拉丁語 diatriba [學(xué)術(shù)演講]
from Greek diatribô [pastime, lecture]
源自 希臘語 diatribô [過去的，演講]
from diatribein [to consume, wear away]
源自 diatribein [消耗，消逝]
dia- [intensive pref.] * see dia-
dia- [前綴，加強(qiáng)語意] *參見 dia-
tribein [to rub] * see ter…-
tribein [擦] *參見 ter…-

<注釋>Listening to a lengthy diatribe may seem like a waste of time,an attitude for which there is some etymological justification.The Greek worddiatribô, the ultimate source of our word, is derived from the verb diatribein, made up of the prefixdia-, .completely,. and tribein, .to rub,. .to wear away, spend, or waste time,. .to be busy.. The verbdiatribein meant .to rub hard,. .to spend or waste time,. and the noundiatribô meant .wearing away of time, amusement, serious occupation, study,. as well as .discourse, short ethical treatise or lecture, debate, argument..It is the serious occupation of time in discourse, lecture, and debate that gave us the first use ofdiatribe recorded in English (58), in the now archaic sense .discourse, critical dissertation..The critical element of this kind of diatribe must often have been uppermost,explaining the origin of the current sense ofdiatribe, .a bitter criticism..
聽嘮嘮叨叨的絮語也許好象是浪費(fèi)時間，這是一種態(tài)度，一些詞源對此有所表明。該詞的終源希臘單詞diatribe 起源于由動詞 diatribein ； 而后者是由前綴dia- .完全地.和 tribein （.消磨、消逝、花費(fèi)或浪費(fèi)時間.，.忙于.）所構(gòu)成的。 動詞diartibein 意思是.難熬.、.花費(fèi)或浪費(fèi)時間.， 而名詞diatribe 意思是.時間消逝、消遣、熱衷消遣，研究.， 還有.論文、倫理學(xué)論文，倫理學(xué)論文或講演，爭辯，論據(jù).。在（58年）英語中記載的第一次使用diatribe 是熱衷于把時間消磨在論文、講演和爭辯中， 現(xiàn)在古體文含義是.論文，批評式的學(xué)術(shù)演講.。這種論文所含批評因素必須常常占最主要的，它解釋了diatribe 現(xiàn)代含義.尖刻批評.的詞源