Word · Frequency #11278
wraths
盛怒;暴怒;愤怒
wraths is the plural of wrath.
核心释义
正式或文学用语,指极其强烈的愤怒。
intense anger, especially on an epic scale
- 1.
愤怒所致的惩罚、报复或复仇;(可数)此类行为或事例。
Punishment, retribution, or vengeance resulting from anger; (countable) an instance of this.
- 2.
强烈的愤怒(通常指史诗般的规模)
intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
- 3.
因真实或假想的冤屈而激起的敌意(被拟人化为七宗罪之一)
belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
惩罚;报应;报复;暴怒;愤怒(七宗罪之一);愤怒所致的惩罚、报复或复仇;(可数)此类行为或事例。;强烈的愤怒(通常指史诗般的规模);因真实或假想的冤屈而激起的敌意(被拟人化为七宗罪之一)
用法In use
His face turned pale with wrath when he heard the insult.
用法提示:wrath 在这里是不可数名词,表示“极度的愤怒”,作介词 with 的宾语。
The manager's wrath fell on the whole team after the project failed.
用法提示:wrath 作名词,指强烈的愤怒,句中用所有格 manager's 修饰。
They fled to avoid the king's wrath.
用法提示:wrath 是名词,表示愤怒,作 avoid 的宾语。
someone's wrath
He feared his father's wrath.
他害怕父亲的怒火。
the wrath of something
常用于自然力量或抽象概念
The villagers faced the wrath of the storm.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- the wrath of God
- 上帝的愤怒
- The prophets warned of the wrath of God.先知们警告上帝之怒。
- incur someone's wrath
- 招致某人的愤怒
- He incurred his boss's wrath by missing the deadline.他因错过截止日期而招致老板的愤怒。
- vent one's wrath
- 发泄怒火
- She vented her wrath on the broken printer.她把怒火发泄在坏掉的打印机上。
- face someone's wrath
- 面对某人的盛怒
- The team feared facing the coach's wrath after the loss.队员们在失利后害怕面对教练的盛怒。
- bring down the wrath of
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
w不发音,rath读如“path”(/ræθ/),愤怒到极点如走上惩罚之路,wrath即盛怒。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:文学作品、正式演讲、宗教文本 wrath 通常用于正式或文学语境,多指非常强烈、带有惩罚或报复意味的愤怒;日常口语中较少使用,比较常见于书面表达。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ath with /æθ/ rhyme with /ræθ/ in American English: bath, path, math, lath. However, in British English, bath and path are pronounced /bɑːθ/ and /pɑːθ/, so they do not rhyme. Wreath /riːθ/ and wroth /rɔːθ/ look similar but have different vowel sounds, so they do not rhyme with wrath.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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