philippic

/fi-lip-ik/US // fɪˈlɪp ɪk //UK // (fɪˈlɪpɪk) //

菲律賓語,菲律滨,菲律賓语,菲律宾语

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n.名词 noun

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- : any of the orations delivered by Demosthenes, the Athenian orator, in the 4th century b.c., against Philip, king of Macedon.
- : any speech or discourse of bitter denunciation.

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I found out that you were the author of the philippic,not through the editor of the journaloh no, poor man!
It was like a philippic of Demosthenes; it was a Ciceronian oration against some Catiline, real or supposed.
Then he went on with his bitter voice to utter a furious philippic against our celebrated literary men.
The sage made no reply, but arose from the deck and stroked his beard, whilst the old Genoese proceeded in his Philippic.
He was airing his cherished grudge, and pronouncing a severe philippic on the belles of the Dominion.