| 词汇 | gadfly |
| 释义 | gadfly noun[ C ] uk /ˈɡæd.flaɪ/ us /ˈɡæd.flaɪ/ gadflynoun[C] (ANNOYING PERSON)someone who is always annoying or criticizing other people: 讨厌的人;有意让别人不得安宁的人 political gadflyThey have been accused of being a party of cranks and political gadflies.他们被斥为一群怪人和政治讨厌鬼。 People who analyse and judge adjudicator arbiter basher censor class warrior critic criticaster empiricist examiner external examiner judge jury monitor official panel panellist rating agency reviewer star chamber sub-panel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Annoying gadflynoun[C] (INSECT)a fly that bites horses and cows虻 s-a-m/iStock / Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Insect names anopheles ant aphid beastie bedbug deathwatch beetle dragonfly dust mite earwig earworm housefly insect jigger ladybird lepidopterist silverfish sow bug spider mite stick insect swallowtail Examples of gadflygadfly Will the institutions bioethicists inhabit and their sources of funding reshape their role from intellectual gadfly to commercial booster? Should we not rather thank them for trying to be gadflies in the consciences of us older folk? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She spoke of charities as gadflies and as pioneering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Scientists are rather like gadflies in this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Largely according to species, they also are known variously as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Often politicians and social gadflies will become involved in order to use the media attention surrounding the case to promote their own agendas. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The losses caused by the gadfly are quite large, and occur chiefly with the hides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One would hope to find groups of people who will sometimes have to act as a gadfly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will make the most of it and will provide that necessary competitive element, that sort of gadfly, which will be so very important. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now they are likely to disappear and you are going to put on the water a sort of little gadfly, a 75-foot motor boat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is setting himself up, as he said a week ago in a speech which was virtually the same as that today, as a political gadfly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The prince went after the horse, but a gadfly stung it, and it touched the walls. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The exceptions are the huge albatrosses, several of the gadfly petrels and shearwaters and the fulmar-petrels. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The diving petrels are a clade, but within a larger clade of true petrels that also contains the gadfly petrels. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. All albatrosses, procellarids (gadfly petrels and shearwaters) and storm petrels use the oil. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of gadfly These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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