A diatribe is a long, angry attack in speech or writing. You are not calmly disagreeing; you keep going, and you hit hard.

A diatribe diatribe is是 a long, angry attack一段又長又生氣的攻擊， in speech or writing可以是說出來的，也可以是寫出來的 You are not calmly disagreeing你不是在冷靜地表達不同意； you keep going你會一直講下去， and you hit hard而且講得很重

A newspaper column can be a diatribe against a leader. A tired parent can go into a diatribe about mess in the kitchen. It feels a bit formal and a bit literary; in everyday talk people often say rant instead. You usually hear a diatribe against someone or something.

A newspaper column一篇報紙專欄， can be a diatribe against a leader可以是針對某個領袖的diatribe A tired parent一個累壞的家長， can go into a diatribe about mess in the kitchen可能會針對廚房的亂七八糟開始一段diatribe It feels a bit formal and a bit literary這個字感覺有點正式、有點文學性； in everyday talk people often say rant instead在日常說話裡，人們更常說rant You usually hear a diatribe against someone or something你通常會聽到「針對某人或某事」的diatribe

Though actually, the word did not start out angry. English borrowed it from French in the late 1500s. Behind that sits Latin diatriba, a learned discussion, and behind that a Greek word about spending time — sitting with an idea and talking it through.

Though actually不過其實， the word did not start out angry這個字一開始並不是生氣的意思 English borrowed it from French英文是從法文借來的， in the late 1500s在1500年代晚期 Behind that sits Latin diatriba再往前，是拉丁文的diatriba， a learned discussion意思是有學問的討論， and behind that a Greek word about spending time而再更前面，是一個希臘字，講的是「花時間」—— sitting with an idea and talking it through陪著一個想法，把它談透

The bitter, one-sided meaning grew later. So the tidy picture “angry speech” is how we use it now, but the older life of the word was closer to a long talk.

The bitter, one-sided meaning那種尖酸、單方面的意思， grew later是後來才長出來的 So the tidy picture "angry speech"所以「生氣的發言」這個工整的畫面， is how we use it now是我們現在的用法， but the older life of the word但這個字比較久遠的樣子， was closer to a long talk其實更接近一場長談