lightning rod

单词lightning rod

基本解释

na.: 避雷针；喷气式战斗机

权威解释

• 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

英汉解释

• 喷气式战斗机

• 避雷针

例句

• Mr. Summers was something of a political lightning rod with the left, but Mr. Obama wanted to keep his campaign economic adviser close.

  萨默斯对左派来说，是一个在政治上打击的靶子，但奥巴马不希望疏远他的竞选经济顾问。

• It was widespread skepticism about the strategy that turned the name into a lightning rod for criticism.

  人们普遍对一些会招来批评的公司名很是怀疑。

• But with the prime minister now a possible lightning rod for dissatisfaction over the tainted products, Mr Ma may have to think again.

  但这位行政院院长目前极有可能成为不满食品污染事件的公众的出气筒，马先生应该不得不再次慎重考虑。

• At cost of precious money which he had long been saving up, shilling by shilling, he put a lightning-rod on the house.

  他从自己一分一厘节省的血汗钱里拿出一笔来，在房顶上安了一个避雷针。

• One sentence became a lightning rod. He wrote, "We do not need to be heroes to earn a good return on the investment in Chrysler. "

  其中的一句话成为了关键：“在克莱斯勒的投资中，我们不需要成为赚钱的英雄。”

• The building became a lightning rod for what was happening, socially maybe, as well as architecturally.

  这座大厦成了一个避雷针，把人们的视线转移了正在发生的变化，可能在社会上，同时在建筑上。

• Thunder and lightning was a lightning rod and ground with the potential to secular music can draw when it lost its power.

  雷电被避雷针接引到和地面同电位时就尽失其威力。

• Wal-Mart has suddenly become a lightning-rod for a new national debate about justice and capitalism.

  沃尔玛突然变成美国举国上下，一场关于公正和资本主义辩论的导火线。

• Palin may have grown tired of being a lightning rod for the American media and decided she wanted a break.

  佩林可能已经厌倦了成为美国媒体的避雷针，所以决定想休息一下。

• One lightning rod is Wall Street executives who walk away with big payouts from companies receiving government money, despite the curbs.

  尽管实施了限制措施，但带着高额补偿离开接受政府资金的企业的华尔街高管没有受到影响。