Wrath is very strong anger — not the everyday kind you feel when someone takes your parking space, but big, burning anger, the kind that makes someone want to punish.

Wrath is very strong angerwrath 是非常強烈的憤怒 not the everyday kind you feel when someone takes your parking space不是有人佔了你車位時那種日常的憤怒 but big, burning anger而是巨大、燃燒般的憤怒 the kind that makes someone want to punish那種會讓人想懲罰對方的憤怒

It is a noun, and it is a formal, old-sounding, often religious word. You meet it most in the Bible, in old stories, in fantasy books and films, and in newspaper headlines that want to sound dramatic: "the wrath of God", "the wrath of the king", "the wrath of the storm". Notice that last one — people also use it for nature, as if the sea or the sky were angry with us.

It is a noun它是名詞 and it is a formal, old-sounding, often religious word而且是個正式、聽起來古老、常帶宗教色彩的字 You meet it most in the Bible, in old stories, in fantasy books and films你最常在聖經、古老故事、奇幻小說和電影裡遇到它 and in newspaper headlines that want to sound dramatic還有想營造戲劇效果的新聞標題裡 "the wrath of God", "the wrath of the king", "the wrath of the storm"像『the wrath of God』、『the wrath of the king』、『the wrath of the storm』這樣 Notice that last one注意最後那個例子 people also use it for nature人們也會用它來形容大自然 as if the sea or the sky were angry with us好像大海或天空在對我們生氣一樣

The most common shape by far is "the wrath of somebody/something", and after that "face/incur/escape somebody's wrath", meaning to get, or avoid getting, someone's anger aimed at you.

The most common shape by far is "the wrath of somebody/something"目前為止最常見的用法是『the wrath of somebody/something』 and after that "face/incur/escape somebody's wrath"其次是『face/incur/escape somebody's wrath』 meaning to get, or avoid getting, someone's anger aimed at you意思是承受，或是躲開某人衝著你來的怒氣

In real conversation, though, this is where it gets interesting: people today mostly use it half-jokingly. "I'd better wash these dishes or I'll face my mother's wrath." The word is so grand that using it about a small thing makes it funny, and native speakers know that and enjoy it.

In real conversation, though不過在實際對話裡 this is where it gets interesting有趣的地方來了 people today mostly use it half-jokingly現在的人大多半開玩笑地用它 "I'd better wash these dishes or I'll face my mother's wrath."像『I'd better wash these dishes or I'll face my mother's wrath.』 The word is so grand that using it about a small thing makes it funny這個字太浮誇了，用在小事上反而顯得好笑 and native speakers know that and enjoy it母語人士也知道這點，而且樂在其中

Wrath is also one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teaching, which is why it turns up in lists next to greed and pride. There is an old adjective, wroth (angry), which is now almost dead outside poetry, and a verb use of wrath, which you can safely ignore — nobody says it now.

Wrath is also one of the seven deadly sins in Christian teachingwrath 也是基督教教義裡七宗罪之一 which is why it turns up in lists next to greed and pride這就是為什麼它會和貪婪、驕傲一起出現在清單裡 There is an old adjective, wroth (angry)還有一個古老的形容詞 wroth（生氣的） which is now almost dead outside poetry除了詩裡幾乎沒人再用 and a verb use of wrath還有 wrath 當動詞用的用法 which you can safely ignore — nobody says it now你可以放心忽略，現在沒人這樣說了

Say the word carefully: British speakers usually say it to rhyme with "cloth", Americans usually to rhyme with "math" said with an -th at the end.

Say the word carefully這個字的發音要小心 British speakers usually say it to rhyme with "cloth"英式說法通常跟『cloth』押韻 Americans usually to rhyme with "math" said with an -th at the end美式說法通常跟『math』押韻，字尾念成 -th