lightning rod
- n. 避雷针，接闪杆（英国英语亦作 lightning conductor）：一种安装在建筑物高处并接地的金属杆，可将雷电引入地下，以保护建筑物免受雷击；比喻用于转移攻击的人或事物，或经常成为批评或争议焦点的人或事物，众矢之的，替罪羊。
专业释义英英释义
lightning rod
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n.
- someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
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a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground; protects the building from destruction by lightning
同义词： lightning conductor
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柯林斯英汉双解大词典
lightning rod
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N-COUNT A lightning rod is the same as a 同lightning conductor [美国英语]
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PHRASE If you say that someone is a lightning rod for something, you mean that they attract that thing to themselves. 招引...的人 [美国英语] [PHR n]
例：He is a lightning rod for controversy.
他是个富有争议的人物.
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