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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。
辱骂；恶言；痛骂
invectives — plural of invective
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
辱骂；恶言；痛骂
abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure
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。
抨击或责骂某人的言辞。
An expression which inveighs or rails against a person.
严厉或激烈的谴责或责备。
A severe or violent censure or reproach.
旨在使他人蒙受羞辱、耻辱、谴责或责备的言语或文字。
Something spoken or written, intended to cast shame, disgrace, censure, or reproach on another.
严厉或指责性的指控。
A harsh or reproachful accusation.
His angry invective during the meeting made everyone uncomfortable.
他在会议上的愤怒辱骂让所有人都不自在。
The politician's speech was filled with invective against his opponents.
这位政治家的演讲充满了对对手的恶言痛骂。
She responded to the criticism with calm reasoning instead of invective.
她以冷静的推理而非辱骂回应了批评。
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。
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 意为‘诉诸’，含贬义。
When he ran out of arguments, he resorted to invective.
当他没有论据时，就转而进行辱骂。
against 后接辱骂或谴责的对象。
The editorial was filled with invective against the mayor.
这篇社论充斥着对市长的痛骂。
Not this
He invectived the new policy.
Use this
He directed invective at the new policy.
invective 是名词，不是动词。受汉语“谩骂”可作动词的影响，学习者常把 invective 加 -ed 当动词用；应改用动词（如 direct/hurl）搭配名词 invective，再接介词 at 或 against 表示对象。
Not this
She wrote a letter full of invective to the government.
Use this
She wrote a letter full of invective against the government.
invective 表示“针对…的辱骂”时，后接介词 against（也可用 at），不能用 to；to 表示“给/寄给”，会改变句子的意思。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
对……破口大骂
The crowd hurled invective at the referee.
人群对裁判破口大骂。
一连串的辱骂
He responded with a stream of invective.
他以一连串的辱骂来回应。
开始破口大骂
She launched into invective against the company.
她开始对公司破口大骂。
政治谩骂
The debate degenerated into political invective.
辩论沦为政治谩骂。
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。
对某人大骂
The opposing lawyers hurled invective at each other during the trial.
在庭审中，对方律师互相破口大骂。
对某人大加辱骂
The coach showered invective on the referee for the controversial call.
教练因为那次有争议的判罚而对裁判大加辱骂。
滔滔不绝的辱骂
His criticism turned into a torrent of invective.
他的批评变成了一连串的辱骂。
Use invectives naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 invective 的 vect 联想为 vector(箭头)：恶言像箭一样射进(in)心里。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.