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。

But later on, it enlightened the invention of the lightning rod.

但是后来，避雷针就是受此启发而被发明出来的。

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。

Benjamin's idea was first laughed at. But later on, it enlightened the invention of the lightning rod.

最初本杰明的想法遭到了嘲笑。但是之后，这个想法促成了避雷针的发明。

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。

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。

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。

However, it did lead to the invention of the lightning rod and the understanding of positive and negative charges.

但是，它确实促成了避雷针的发明和人们对正负电荷的了解。

This laser lightning rod fires short pulses of intense light and creates a channel to guide a lightning strike.

这种激光避雷针发射短脉冲强光，并创建一个通道来引导雷击。

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。

Lightning rods were later put up around the world.

避雷针后来在世界各地竖立起来。

Ben Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, didn't just invent the lightning rod.

美国的开国元勋之一本富兰克林不仅发明了避雷针。