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。

People can also act as lightning rods … but in a different way.

人也可以充当避雷针，但方式不同。

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。

Franklin liked lightning rods to be, in Franklin's own words, made sharp as a Needle.

用富兰克林自己的话说，他喜欢把避雷针“做得像针一样尖”。

But if you choose the wrong rune that lightning rod up there will zap you but good.

可是如果你选错了符号，那上面那根避雷针就会好好地给你放电。

Besides helping to create the United States of America, Benjamin Franklin of course invented the lightning rod.

除了帮助建立美利坚合众国以外，本杰明·富兰克林还发明了避雷针。

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。

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。