A lightning rod is a long piece of metal.

避雷针是一根长长的金属。

Brewer herself has become a lightning rod.

布鲁尔自己成了避雷针。

Yet for those who bemoan Europe's influence, the court is a lightning rod for discontent.

然而对于那些哀叹欧洲影响力的人来说，欧洲法院就是他们宣泄不满的避雷针。

I don't think that he understands that he is a lightning rod for division.

我认为他不知道他本人是引发分歧的导火线。

Anything that comes to represent something that people criticize can be called a lightning rod.

任何等同于人们所批评事物的东西都可以被称为避雷针。

Now, to protect buildings from lightning damage during a storm, you can attach a lightning rod to it.

现在，为了保护建筑物在暴风雨中免受雷击损害，你可以在建筑物上面安装避雷针。

But what's better? A lightning rod with a round end or one that comes to a sharp point?

那哪种避雷针更好呢？是圆头的避雷针好，还是尖头的好？

Removed from the bus and arrested, Parks became a lightning rod for the racial tensions crackling through the South.

帕克斯被赶下公共汽车并被捕，成为南方种族紧张局势的导火索。

In a politically polarized U.K., it's been a lightning rod for criticism on the left but especially the right.

在政治两极分化的英国，BBC一直是左翼批判的避雷针，尤其对右翼来说。

Ben placed a lightning rod on his house.

本在他的房子上放了一根避雷针。

A lightning rod is someone who becomes the target of criticism to draw attention away from more serious issues or other people.

避雷针是指成为批评对象以把注意力从更严重的问题或其他人身上转移开的人。

Mr Zuckerberg himself has been a lightning rod for much of the criticism of Facebook, and of bossy tech firms more generally.

扎克伯格本人一直承受着许多对Facebook的批评，大多批评Facebook是个专横霸道的科技公司。

The method uses a lightning rod placed at the base of the laser to take in electrical charges from lightning in the clouds.

这一方法使用安装在激光基地的避雷针接收云层中的闪电电荷。

And -- Well, it's interesting, because your positions have turned you into a lightning rod in some circles.

而且——好吧，这很有趣，因为你的立场让你变成了某些圈子里的避雷针。

The young CEO has been a lightning rod for criticism as the daily-deal company has burned through cash rapidly.

随着这家日常交易公司迅速耗尽现金， 这位年轻的首席执行官一直是批评的避雷针。

In one hideous pitching movement, the Nautilus reared its steel spur into the air like a lightning rod, and I saw long sparks shoot down it.

一阵吓人的摇晃后，“鹦鹉螺号”的钢铁冲角冲向天空，像一支避雷针一样，上面溅出长长的火花。

Abigail sought as much despite revelling in her husband's victory, she seemed to instinctively know that the coming four years would turn her into a lightning rod for discontent.

尽管阿比盖尔对丈夫的胜利欢欣鼓舞，但她似乎本能地知道，未来四年将把她变成招惹不满的是非人物。

But Marie Antoinette, as she became known, was always an unpopular figure in France and she became a lightning rod for discontent with the monarchy there in the 1780s.

但众所周知，玛丽·安托瓦内特在法国一直是一个不受欢迎的人物，她成为 1780 年代法国对君主制不满的避雷针。

You, indeed, become a lightning rod for a lot of people, and especially conservatives, who question the kind of influence you and the AFT wield over these CDC guidelines.

你，确实，成为很多人的避雷针，尤其是保守派，他们质疑你和 AFT 对这些 CDC 指南的影响。

Theat way in which Henrietta became a lightning rod for disaffection with Charles' rule was in large part owing to wider discontent about the new king and his autocratic methods.

亨利埃塔之所以成为对查理统治不满的避雷针，很大程度上是由于对新国王及其独裁手段的广泛不满。