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

• He took a lot of flak for his stand against abortion.
  他因坚持反对堕胎而饱受责难。
• 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。
• Why did he give her a flak jacket?
  他为何给她一个空夹克？
• 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。
• She's doing an exclusive line of flak jackets just for us.
  她特别为我们设计一系列防弹衣。
• 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。
• 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。
• Historically, the male sex gets most of the flak when it comes to infidelity among spouses.
  从以前的观点来看，当提到配偶之间背叛的事男性都会大大的吹嘘一番。
• Heavy flak was everywhere! He had been lulled, lured and trapped.
  到处都是密集的高射炮火！他这下子可受骗上当，进了圈套了。