flak

英 [flæk]

美 [flæk]

n.  高射炮; 高射炮火; 严厉批评; 抨击

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Collins.1 / BNC.16602 / COCA.16001

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

• 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。
• Why did he give her a flak jacket?
  他为何给她一个空夹克？
• 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。
• 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。
• During the Second World War, British and American scientists devised scores of devious electronic countermeasures designed to trick Nazi radar and divert flak and fighters away from allied bomber streams.
  二战期间，英国和美国科学家发明了大量欺骗性电子反制措施，用于迷惑纳粹的雷达，将其高射炮火和战斗机从盟军轰炸机群身上引开。
• 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。
• He is used to taking flak.
  他对恶意的抨击习以为常。
• He took a lot of flak for his stand against abortion.
  他因坚持反对堕胎而饱受责难。
• Make sure you give the flak suppression unit enough time.
  多给掩护炮火一点时间。
• 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。