invective(名词):谩骂;尖刻的辱骂性言辞;恶毒的抨击(尤指公开场合、带强烈攻击性的语言)。也可泛指猛烈的口头攻击。
/ɪnˈvɛktɪv/
The senator’s speech was full of invective.
那位参议员的演讲充满了辱骂性言辞。
His essay, though carefully argued, slipped into invective whenever he mentioned his rival’s motives.
他的文章虽然论证严谨,但一提到对手的动机就不自觉地转为尖刻的攻击性语言。
来自拉丁语 invectivus,意为“攻击的、抨击的”,源于 invehere(“冲向、猛攻”)。因此 invective 常带有“带着冲击力的言语攻击”之意。