- diatribe (against somebody/something)
a long and angry speech or piece of writing attacking and criticizing somebody/something (无休止的)指责;(长篇)抨击,谴责 Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a long and complicated speech): from French, via Latin from Greek diatribē ‘spending of time, discourse’, from dia ‘through’ + tribein ‘rub’.