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词汇 flak
释义 flak
noun[ U ]
(alsoflack)uk /flæk/ us /flæk/

flaknoun[U] (CRITICISM)


informal
strong criticism or opposition: 严厉批评;激烈反对
take flakShe took some flak from her parents about her new dress.
catch flakHe has caught flak from his right wing for increasing taxes.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Disapproving & criticizing
anathematize
animadversion
aspersion
aw
backbite
barrel
bash
belabour
boo
disapprobation
knock
knocker
let someone have both barrelsidiom
low blow
mordacious
mordancy
pile
slam
there you goidiom
union-basher

flaknoun[U] (FIRING OF GUNS)


the firing of guns from the ground at enemy aircraft, or the bullets, etc. that the guns fire: 高射炮火;高射炮弹
They flew into heavy flak over the target area.他们飞进目标地区,遭到了高射炮火的猛烈射击。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Detonation & bombardment
aerial bombardment
aerial photograph
air raid
airstrike
blanket bombing
carpet-bombing
detonate
detonation
detonator
direct hit
go off
guidance
loose
pepper
pepper something with something
petrol bomb
prime
refire
shell
shoot

flak | American Dictionary


flak
noun[ U ]
 infmlus/flæk/(alsoflack)
strong criticism or opposition:
She caught some flak from her parents.

flak | Business English


flak
noun
uk /flæk/us
[ U ](alsoflack)
strong criticism or opposition:
catch/draw/get flakThe company has been catching flak lately for its lack of customer service.
Another provision that has drawn flak would prohibit lobbyists from serving on state boards and commissions.
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Examples of flak


flak
They want a coalition, so that they can share the political flak.
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I ran into a heavy wall of flak from the business community.
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They will be able to get their pictures much easier and better, for there will be no flak or fighters to impede them.
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There is no air raid shelter for him when the flak begins to fly.
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There was some heavy and light flak, but no damage to our aircraft.
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Equally, they were not prepared to take the political flak from a sale to a foreign bidder.
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Whoever takes the lead in introducing state funding will take the flak.
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The crisis has placed officials in front of the media more and more, taking the flak.
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She has been forced to take the flak in quite an undeserved way.
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The purpose of the "flak jacket" is to protect the soldier from the smaller flying fragments of exploding ordnance.
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He says that they would have to publish details of any changes and take the political flak.
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There was some heavy and light flak but no damage to our aircraft.
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He ran into some hostile flak from his own side when he tried to put that argument.
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I am a bit diffident about straying into the party political flak that is flying all over the place.
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I interpret that to mean that hospitals are picked off one at a time in the hope of deflecting the flak.
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