firestorm

英 [ˈfaɪəstɔːm]

美 [ˈfaɪərstɔːrm]

n.  (尤指爆炸引起的)风暴性大火

复数：firestorms　

COCA.16556

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指爆炸引起的）风暴性大火
  a very large fire, usually started by bombs, that is not under control and is made worse by the winds that it causes

柯林斯词典

• (通常指遭到轰炸之后的)风暴性大火
  Afirestormis a fire that is burning uncontrollably, usually in a place that has been bombed.
• N-COUNT (抗议或批评的)热浪，热潮，风暴
  If you say that there is afirestormofprotest or criticism, you are emphasizing that there is a great deal of very fierce protest or criticism.
  1. The speech has resulted in a firestorm of controversy.
     这一讲话已引发了激烈的争议。

英英释义

noun

• an outburst of controversy
  1. the incident triggered a political firestorm
• a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area

双语例句

• When jawbone, the San Francisco-based purveyor of wireless devices, originally launched its head-turning, movement-sensing wristband in 2011, the company found itself in the middle of a firestorm.
  2011年，当位于旧金山的无线设备生产商Jawbone公司推出令人惊艳的、能感知动作的腕带后，该公司立即陷入了一场舆论风暴。
• That's a trivial change, basically the least the Fed could get away with without facing a firestorm of criticism& and far short of the major asset-purchase program the Fed should be undertaking.
  这只是一个微小的改变，基本上是美联储为了能够逃避尖锐批评而能够做到的最小事情&根本没有美联储应该做的巨额资产购买计划。
• The experiments of imageless thought triggered a firestorm of controversy.
  围绕无意象思维实验引发了一场激烈的论战。
• The credit crunch and the financial firestorm have also provided a neat metaphor for the big shift in economic power in the world.
  这场信贷危机和金融风暴也是全球经济实力重大转变的形象比喻。
• The Occupational Safety and Health Administration informed a company in Texas of the new requirement but quickly rescinded the advisory in the face of a firestorm of negative publicity.
  职业安全与健康管理委员把那项新要求通知了得克萨斯州的一家公司但面对负面宣传引起的强烈愤怒又很快撤消了那一咨询要求。
• Now is the time for an effort to prevent a firestorm.
  如今是该采取措施、避免火灾的时候了。
• There's been a firestorm in the financial markets of an economy and the IMF is akin to the fire brigade, they're coming along and they diagnose the situation and a ly remedies.
  某个国家的金融市场发生“火灾”，国基组织就如同消防队到现场对火情作出判断并加以抢救。
• Nevertheless, recent incidents in which humans reportedly ate human flesh have the Internet in a firestorm, with zombie apocalypse being Google's third most popular search term by Friday morning.
  不管怎么样，最近报道的几宗吃人案事件在网络上火爆流传起来，截止上周五早上，僵尸预警已经成为谷歌搜索引擎里第三大搜索词。
• A big acquisition would place it once again before a regulatory review, and, on the basis of past experience in other industries, generate a firestorm of controversy in America.
  如果赶在监管审查之前，一个庞大的机构将再一次就被设置，根据其他产业的以往经验，这会在美国导致一场论战的大爆发。
• The speech has resulted in a firestorm of controversy.
  这一讲话已引发了激烈的争议。