lightning rod

Word family nounlightning buglightning conductorlightning rodlightning strikelightning

ˈlightning ˌrod noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE

1. a lightning conductor 避雷器，避雷针

2 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 it 众矢之的；代人受过者，替罪羊

be a lightning rod for something

The senator has become a lightning rod for criticism.

该参议员成了众矢之的。

Examples from the Corpus

lightning 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.

词汇	lightning rod
释义	lightning rod Word family nounlightning buglightning conductorlightning rodlightning strikelightning ˈlightning ˌrod noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE 1. a lightning conductor 避雷器，避雷针 2 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 it 众矢之的；代人受过者，替罪羊 be a lightning rod for something The senator has become a lightning rod for criticism. 该参议员成了众矢之的。 Examples from the Corpus lightning 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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