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

• Grass had for decades maintained he had only served in flak units.
  此前几十年里格拉斯一直坚称，他只在高炮部队服役过。
• He is used to taking flak.
  他对恶意的抨击习以为常。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Police in flak jackets are patrolling the districts hit by the violence.
  身穿防弹衣的警察正在遭受暴力攻击的地段巡逻。
• 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 saw a flak jacket so torn apart that no one would ever want it again.
  我看到一件铠装防弹马夹，已破烂到不会有人再要的地步。
• 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。