Word · Frequency #20677
invective
辱骂；恶言；痛骂
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure
- 1.
An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
抨击或责骂某人的言辞。
- 2.
A severe or violent censure or reproach.
严厉或激烈的谴责或责备。
- 3.
Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
旨在使他人蒙受羞辱、耻辱、谴责或责备的言语或文字。
- 4.
A harsh or reproachful accusation.
严厉或指责性的指控。
抨击或责骂某人的言辞。；严厉或激烈的谴责或责备。；旨在使他人蒙受羞辱、耻辱、谴责或责备的言语或文字。；严厉或指责性的指控。；恶言漫骂
In use
His angry invective during the meeting made everyone uncomfortable.
The politician's speech was filled with invective against his opponents.
She responded to the criticism with calm reasoning instead of invective.
hurl invective at sb
hurl 与 at 搭配，表示向某人猛烈辱骂；invective 在此为不可数名词。
The fans hurled invective at the umpire after the controversial call.
那次有争议的判罚后，球迷们对裁判大声辱骂。
a torrent of invective
torrent 比喻大量涌出的言语，常与 invective 搭配。
The review was a torrent of invective against the film.
这篇评论对这部电影进行了连珠炮似的痛骂。
resort to invective
resort to 意为‘诉诸’，含贬义。
Connections
Collocations
- hurl invective at
- 对……破口大骂
- The crowd hurled invective at the referee.人群对裁判破口大骂。
- a stream of invective
- 一连串的辱骂
- He responded with a stream of invective.他以一连串的辱骂来回应。
- launch into invective
- 开始破口大骂
- She launched into invective against the company.她开始对公司破口大骂。
- political invective
- 政治谩骂
- The debate degenerated into political invective.辩论沦为政治谩骂。
- personal invective
- 人身攻击的辱骂
- His speech was full of personal invective.他的演讲充满了人身攻击的辱骂。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 invective 的 vect 联想为 vector(箭头)：恶言像箭一样射进(in)心里。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、political rhetoric、literary criticism 该词多用于正式或文学语境，指猛烈指责或辱骂的言辞，日常口语中较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with 'invective' /ɪnˈvɛktɪv/ in the stressed syllable /ɛktɪv/: effective, defective, collective, selective, connective, objective. Note the spelling: invective has -vective, while these rhyming words end in -ective. Also, don't confuse 'invective' with the similar-looking 'inventive' /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/ — it has /ntɪv/, not /ktɪv/, so it does not rhyme.
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