flak

英 [flæk]

美 [flæk]

n.  高射炮; 高射炮火; 严厉批评; 抨击

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牛津词典

noun

• 高射炮；高射炮火
  guns on the ground that are shooting at enemy aircraft; bullets from these guns
• 严厉批评；抨击
  severe criticism
  1. He's taken a lot of flak for his left-wing views.
     他的左倾观点受到了强烈指责。
  2. She came in for a lot of flak from the press.
     她遭到报刊的猛烈抨击。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 严厉批评;抨击;责难
  If you get a lot offlakfrom someone, they criticize you severely. If you take theflak, you get the blame for something.
  1. The President is getting a lot of flak for that...
     总统正因为那件事备受指责。
  2. In recent years they have attracted more than their fair share of flak from the press.
     最近几年他们受到了新闻界过多的责难。

英英释义

noun

• artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
  Synonym:antiaircraftantiaircraft gunflackpom-pomack-ackack-ack gun
• intense adverse criticism
  1. Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
  2. the government has come under attack
  3. don't give me any flak
  Synonym:fireattackflackblast
• a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
  Synonym:flak catcherflack catcherflack

双语例句

• Eight years ago I caught flak from my wife for not voting; I tried pointing out the minuscule impact of a single vote ( mine).
  8年前，我因为没投票而受到了妻子的指责，而我试图以（我的）一张选票影响甚微为自己辩解。
• Under threat from Russia, Kiev earlier this year appealed to Washington for small arms and ammunition, as well as for nonlethal items like flak jackets and night-vision goggles.
  面对来自俄罗斯的威胁，乌克兰政府今年早些时候曾向要求美国提供轻武器、弹药以及防弹衣和夜视仪等非杀伤性装备。
• I think David is always the first to take the flak.
  我想大卫总是最先受到攻击的那个人。
• Indeed, can you remember a top-ranked player who has taken so much flak for his shortcomings, which in Roddick's case are his hacker's backhand and choppy volleys?
  真的，你能想出哪位顶尖选手像罗迪克糟糕的反手和不稳定的网前技术那样，因为自己的短处而受到如此多的严厉批评吗？
• The frigate fired a warning shot across the privateer's bows to make her heave to. The pilot jibbed at the idea of a straight bomb run, for it would mean flying through heavy flak.
  快速战舰向私掠船的船首上空发炮警告，命令她停航。领航员不赞成采用笔直的轰炸航线，因为这样做就得飞过密集的高射炮火。
• He took a lot of flak for his stand against abortion.
  他因坚持反对堕胎而饱受责难。
• It was left to Gibson, who played in last year's Carling Cup final against Spurs but attracted most of the flak last week, to present himself as the new Paul Scholes.
  只剩下了打过去年联赛杯决赛的吉布森，但上周他打了很多高射炮，这可不像新斯科尔斯。
• That may generate flak for those who says the health service constantly criticized for inefficiency could better spend its public money.
  此举可能会引起一些人的反对，他们指责卫生保健服务中心一向办事效率低下，应该将公共资金用在更合理的地方。
• With her last album A Perfect Day drawing plenty of flak from critics and failing to hit any sales gongs, Stefanie has a lot of damage control to do with her next release in mid-March.
  孙燕姿的上一张专辑《完美的一天》遭到很多批评，也没有抓住大众的耳朵，她将在即将于三月中旬发行的下张专辑中作不少调整。
• James Norton is the founding editor of Flak Magazine and the author of Saving General Washington.
  詹姆士·纳顿是指责杂志的成立编辑和救华盛顿将军的作者。