lightning rod

noun

noun

1. 引火烧身的人（或事）
   a person or thing that attracts criticism, especially if the criticism is then not directed at sb/sth else

1. 同lightning conductor
   A lightning rod is the same as a lightning conductor .
2. PHRASE 招引…的人
   If you say that someone is a lightning rod for something, you mean that they attract that thing to themselves.
   1. He is a lightning rod for controversy.
      他是个争议性人物。

1. He is a lightning rod for controversy.
   他是个争议性人物。
2. Ben Franklin grasped the concept long ago and mounted a metal rod atop the roof of his home, then ran a wire to the ground, thereby inverting the lightning rod.
   很久以前，本富兰克林就已经认识到了这一点。他在自家屋顶上安了一根金属棒，从上面接了根金属线到地上，有此发明了避雷针。
3. One lightning rod is Wall Street executives who walk away with big payouts from companies receiving government money, despite the curbs.
   尽管实施了限制措施，但带着高额补偿离开接受政府资金的企业的华尔街高管没有受到影响。
4. The issue had become a lightning rod for criticism of China's attempts to control the press.
   对于因试图控制媒体而遭到批评的中国来说，这一消息的公布彷佛一只“避雷针”。
5. Work schedule proves a lightning rod, the study found, as partners easily observe when an employee is absent from a family event, or too tired to truly participate, a condition Wayne describes as present but not present.
   该研究发现，工作时间表好比是避雷针，因为配偶总是很容易就发现你缺席了家庭活动，或因太过劳累而心不在焉&维恩将这一情形描述为人在心不在。
6. The exposure and his marriage to Victoria Adams, also known as the pop star Posh Spice, turned him into a lightning rod for criticism of whether he was more interested in fame than sport.
   媒体上的频繁露面以及与维多利亚•亚当斯（VictoriaAdams，也即流行明星辣妹）的婚姻让他成为了批评的焦点，人们认为他对名利的兴趣超过了对体育的兴趣。
7. A lightning rod and other equipment are in place to protect the image, but they do not always do the trick, he said.
   牧师称，避雷针和其他的设备都已到位来保护雕塑的形象，但它们不是总能发挥作用的。
8. But with many Europeans saying the EU has expanded too far, too fast, the trial of Tymoshenko is now a lightning rod for opponents of further eastward expansion.
   这将是乌克兰加入欧盟的第一步。但是欧洲许多人士说，欧盟扩展得太远太快。对季莫申科的审判为那些反对欧盟向东扩展的人士提供了避雷针。
9. But defenders of Mr Geithner, who remains the only official at the Treasury department to have been confirmed by the Senate, say that he is being unfairly singled out as the lightning rod for the growing public anger Wall Street's misuse of emergency taxpayer funds.
   但盖特纳的支持者表示，他被不公平地单挑出来，作为公众对于华尔街滥用应急纳税人资金愈演愈烈的愤怒的矛头。盖特纳仍是财政部唯一得到参议院认可的官员。
10. The relativity between lightning rod and electric field of earth surface and its scientific value
    避雷针电场与地面电场的相关性及其科学价值
11. Discussion about Several Technical Questions of Lightning Rod in Lightning Protection Design and Construction
    避雷针在防雷设计和施工中若干技术问题浅谈
12. Controllable discharging lightning rod; High altitude area; Installation plan; Lightning protection effect.
    可控放电避雷针；高海拔地区；安装方案；防雷效果。
13. Not only has the second round of quantitative easing roiled markets, but it has become a lightning rod for debate in Washington, academia, and in policy and political circles around the world.
    第二轮定量宽松（qe2）不仅扰乱了市场，而且成为美国政府、学术界以及全球政策和政治圈子辩论的焦点。
14. Ms Fiorina courted a public profile that made her the embodiment of the company she headed but also a lightning rod for the anger of shareholders and employees when things went wrong.
    菲奥莉娜竭力争取公众形象，让自己成为公司的化身，同时在出现错误时抵挡股东和员工的愤怒情绪。
15. "Outsourcing has become a lightning rod, and the media coverage they're likely to get is unfavorable," Paul said.
    外包已经成为了一个避雷针，它们承受的媒体报道是负面的。
16. The sector is also a lightning rod for contagion.
    该领域同时也是（市场动荡）蔓延的避雷针。
17. Sheikh Hamad is a lightning rod for criticism from vested interests threatened by reforms the government is introducing as its increasing exposure turns the glare of international scrutiny on to its inner workings.
    谢赫哈马德招致了既得利益集团的批评。由于卡塔尔日益暴露在外界面前，将国际社会的审视目光引向其内部运作，卡塔尔政府正出台改革措施，而这些改革威胁到了那些既得利益。
18. First some of the things, Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod; he created the first wood stove with a pipe out the back that extended through the wall.
    他发明的东西当中有避雷针；他还创造了第一个木制火炉，从背后通出一根烟囱管子插到墙劈里去。
19. Golitsyn was a lightning rod. he's one of ours.
    葛里森只是个幌子，他是我们的人。
20. Finally, based on calculating the protective range of lightning rod, the importance of using early streamer emission lightning rod in important project was explained.
    最后通过避雷针保护范围的计算，说明了在重要工程中采用提前放电式避雷针的重要意义。
21. The expert expresses, the times that relies on lightning rod to think ground of have nothing worry about prevents thunder only goes already, electronic times, smooth hope lightning rod can be no good.
    专家表示，只靠避雷针就想高枕无忧地防雷的时代早已过去，电子时代，光指望避雷针可不行。
22. In mountains area, when calculating and drawing the graph for protection area of lightning rod, we can use the direct graphic method.
    在山坡地区，避雷针保护范围计算及作图可应用避雷针保护直接作图法。
23. Discussion about Lightning Rod Installation of Solar Water Heater
    太阳能热水器安装避雷针问题的探讨
24. Then tell me how complicated can a lightning rod be? I am curious to find out?
    你可以告诉我避雷针的设计是多么的复杂吧？我是很好奇的，想找到方法？
25. The museum's torquing tower soars above the trees and proves a lightning rod for critics.
    博物馆的旋转塔于树林当中高耸屹立，招来一片强烈批评。
26. But I do think that experience, combined with what Phil Jackson hinted at in his book ( Bryant had a rocky childhood) created the lightning rod that we have today.
    但是我真的认为经验，结合菲尔杰克逊在他书中暗示的（科比的童年是动荡不安的）就造就了我们今日的避雷针。
27. New Lightning Rod System of Eliminating Magnetism and Arc and Its Application in Oil Depot Protection from Lightning
    新型消磁消弧避雷针系统及其在石油库防雷中的应用
28. But Mr Geithner remains the lightning rod on Capitol Hill for the perceived failure of the administration to control behaviour at financial institutions.
    但盖特纳仍将扮演美国国会出气筒的角色，以舒缓国会对奥巴马政府明显未能控制金融机构行为的怨气。
29. The Occupy Wall Street movement has been a lightning rod for Americans who feel angry about the status quo.
    占领华尔街（OccupyWallStreet）运动已成为对现状感到愤怒的美国人的泄愤渠道。

noun

1. a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point and leads to the ground

   Synonym:    lightning conductor

2. someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another