mempsis

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A figure of speech expressing complaint or seeking help or redress for a wrong or grievance. rhetoric,uncountable
    — 2008, Daily Trope: "Mempsis (memp'-sis): Expressing complaint and seeking help. Something is very wrong and it needs a lot of fixing."

词源

From Ancient Greek μέμψις (mémpsis, “blame, complaint, reproach”), from μέμφομαι (mémphomai, “to blame, to complain”) + -σις (-sis, “-sis”).
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