vehement
adjective /ˈviːəmənt/
/ˈviːəmənt/
- showing very strong feelings, especially anger
synonym forceful(感情)强烈的,激烈的;(尤指)愤怒的 - a vehement denial/attack/protest, etc.
强烈的否认、攻击、抗议等 - He had been vehement in his opposition to the idea.
他一直强烈反对这一主张。
Collocations DictionaryVehement is used with these nouns:- denial
- opposition
词源late Middle English (describing pain or temperature, in the sense ‘intense, high in degree’): from French véhément or Latin vehement- ‘impetuous, violent’, perhaps from an unrecorded adjective meaning ‘deprived of mind’, influenced by vehere ‘carry’. - a vehement denial/attack/protest, etc.