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haranguing

/huh-rang/US // həˈræŋ //UK // (həˈræŋ) //

唠唠叨叨,唠唠叨叨的说个不停,唠唠叨叨的,唠叨

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
    • : a long, passionate, and vehement speech, especially one delivered before a public gathering.
    • : any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ha·rangued, ha·rangu·ing.

    • : to address in a harangue.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ha·rangued, ha·rangu·ing.

    • : to deliver a harangue.

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Examples

  • Just a few seconds on the receiving end of a harangue from such a fellow, whether at a surf break or the crag or the skin track, is enough to ruin an otherwise lovely day.

  • Watch him unleash a magnificent, expletive-ridden rant—and be grateful for the Internet, where this harangue will live forever.

  • He used to harangue any of the young men in Homs not participating in protests, recalled Moutlak.

  • The occasion was a gala dinner during which Pinter began to harangue some unfortunate guest for his political views.

  • I half-expected him to barnstorm out in riding boots and harangue us, Mussolini-style, underlit from a plinth.

  • The last thing an incoming administration needs is to stage a long diplomatic harangue about nothing, inside an echo chamber.

  • Il avoit sa belle robe soubs soy (car c'estoit en est), et se preparoit sa harangue funebre.

  • La harangue devoit finir en l'adieu et comploration commune de tous.

  • Voyez l'efficace du sacrement: le lendemain matin, il mande M. de Biancourt et moy, et de nouveau il recommence sa harangue.

  • There now is Sullivan, in a long harangue, following you in a determined opposition to our petition to the King.

  • In defiance of all decency, he went to Westminster Hall, demanded a hearing, and pronounced a harangue against standing armies.