inveigh: [15] Inveigh originally meant ‘carry in, introduce’ (‘In them are two colours quarterly put: the one into the other, and so one colour is inveighed into another’, Book of Saint Albans 1486). Its second syllable comes from Latin vehere ‘carry’ (source of English vector, vehicle, and vex). Invehere meant simply ‘carry in’, but its passive infinitive form invehī denoted ‘be carried into’, ‘go into’, and hence ‘attack (physically or verbally)’. This latter sense was imported into English inveigh in the early 16th century, and into the derivative invective [15]. => invective, vehicle, vex
inveigh (v.)
late 15c., "to introduce," from Latin invehi "to attack with words," originally "carry oneself against," passive infinitive of invehere "bring in, carry in," from in- "against" (see in- (1)) + vehere "to carry" (see vehicle). Meaning "to give vent to violent denunciation" is from 1520s. Related: Inveighed; inveighing.
雙語例句
1. A lot of his writings inveigh against luxury and riches.
他的很多文章都痛批奢華與財富。
來自辭典例句
2. The poisons generated by remorse inveigh against the system, and eventually produce marked physical deterioration.
由悔恨產生的毒素侵襲著身體組織, 最終造成明顯的體質惡化.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
3. The detective had, indeed, good reasons to inveigh against the bad luck which pursued him.