lightning rod
英 [ˈlaɪtnɪŋ rɒd]
美 [ˈlaɪtnɪŋ rɑːd]
n. 引火烧身的人(或事)
牛津词典
noun
noun
- 引火烧身的人(或事)
a person or thing that attracts criticism, especially if the criticism is then not directed at sb/sth else
柯林斯词典
- 同lightning conductor
Alightning rodis the same as alightning conductor. - PHRASE 招引…的人
If you say that someoneis a lightning rod forsomething, you mean that they attract that thing to themselves.- He is a lightning rod for controversy.
他是个争议性人物。
- He is a lightning rod for controversy.
英英释义
noun
- a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground
- someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
双语例句
- The museum's torquing tower soars above the trees and proves a lightning rod for critics.
博物馆的旋转塔于树林当中高耸屹立,招来一片强烈批评。 - The expert expresses, the times that relies on lightning rod to think ground of have nothing worry about prevents thunder only goes already, electronic times, smooth hope lightning rod can be no good.
专家表示,只靠避雷针就想高枕无忧地防雷的时代早已过去,电子时代,光指望避雷针可不行。 - A lightning rod and other equipment are in place to protect the image, but they do not always do the trick, he said.
牧师称,避雷针和其他的设备都已到位来保护雕塑的形象,但它们不是总能发挥作用的。 - But defenders of Mr Geithner, who remains the only official at the Treasury department to have been confirmed by the Senate, say that he is being unfairly singled out as the lightning rod for the growing public anger Wall Street's misuse of emergency taxpayer funds.
但盖特纳的支持者表示,他被不公平地单挑出来,作为公众对于华尔街滥用应急纳税人资金愈演愈烈的愤怒的矛头。盖特纳仍是财政部唯一得到参议院认可的官员。 - The relativity between lightning rod and electric field of earth surface and its scientific value
避雷针电场与地面电场的相关性及其科学价值 - The Occupy Wall Street movement has been a lightning rod for Americans who feel angry about the status quo.
占领华尔街(OccupyWallStreet)运动已成为对现状感到愤怒的美国人的泄愤渠道。 - New Lightning Rod System of Eliminating Magnetism and Arc and Its Application in Oil Depot Protection from Lightning
新型消磁消弧避雷针系统及其在石油库防雷中的应用 - Golitsyn was a lightning rod. he's one of ours.
葛里森只是个幌子,他是我们的人。 - The issue had become a lightning rod for criticism of China's attempts to control the press.
对于因试图控制媒体而遭到批评的中国来说,这一消息的公布彷佛一只“避雷针”。 - The exposure and his marriage to Victoria Adams, also known as the pop star Posh Spice, turned him into a lightning rod for criticism of whether he was more interested in fame than sport.
媒体上的频繁露面以及与维多利亚•亚当斯(VictoriaAdams,也即流行明星辣妹)的婚姻让他成为了批评的焦点,人们认为他对名利的兴趣超过了对体育的兴趣。