tirade

词根词缀:

词根
tir= to draw 拉, 引

attire v. 打扮

at 加强 + tir 拉,引 + e → 一再拉〔衣服〕→ 爱美 → 打扮

entire adj. 完整的

en 进入…之中 + tir 拉,引 + e → 拉进去 → 不遗留在外 → 完整的

retire v. 退休;撤退

re 回 + tir 拉,引 + e → 拉回去 → 撤退

tirade n. 冗长的演说

tir 拉,引 + ade 动作的结果 → 把〔话〕拉长 → 冗长的演说

数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全

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Dont unleash a long tirade about what you dont like about your co-worker.

不要长篇大论的抱怨自己如何不喜欢这个同事。

After the chairman delivered his opening speech, Mr Blake launched into a brilliant tirade.

主席致开幕词后,布莱克先生作了精彩的长篇演说。

Upon hearing the proposal of an indemnity Grey began "a magnificent tirade" which was so magnificent that Swing forgot to say he had the impression that the indemnity might not be insisted upon.

格雷一听到要赔款,就来「一顿精彩的咒骂」,精彩得令斯温忘了说,他所得的印象是赔款一事,德国未必坚持。

The article begins with a self-pitying and disgruntled tirade about his talent having gone unnoticed.

文章以长篇议论开始,诉说自己怀才不遇、顾影自怜和满腹牢骚。

These read a little like an embittered wife's tirade against her husband during a car journey.

这份列表读起来有点像一个怨妇在驱车途中没完没了地指责老公。

Because of the title, I had thought The Ugly Chinaman was a sort of angry tirade, but it is not. It is a well argued denunciation of the ills of Chinese culture.

因为这个书名,我本以为这本《丑陋的中国人》是一种愤世嫉俗的激情演说,但实际上它是对中国文化弊病的极具说服力的谴责。