a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something (用语言)抨击,谴责;讽刺 a diatribe against the Roman Catholic Church. 对罗马天主教会的抨击。
语源
late 16th cent. (denoting a disquisition): from French, via Latin from Greek diatribē 'spending of time, discourse', from dia 'through' + tribein 'rub'