单词 | lightning rod |
释义 | lightning rod From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlightning rodˈlightning ˌrod noun [countable] American English1 a lightning conductor2 someone or something who gets most of the criticism, blame, or public attention when there is a problem, although they may not be responsible for itbe a lightning rod for something The senator has become a lightning rod for criticism.Examples from the Corpuslightning rod• Since then, she has become a lightning rod for a national debate on immigration.• It was like a lightning rod that drew to itself all the negative impulses of a hyperactive time.• One of the summer associates in another firm told me that a partner there had proved a real lightning rod for trouble. |
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