gadfly

英 [ˈɡædflaɪ]

美 [ˈɡædflaɪ]

n.  (为使别人做某事而对其进行骚扰或批评的)讨人厌者

复数：gadflies　

GRE医学

BNC.39260 / COCA.25817

牛津词典

noun

• （为使别人做某事而对其进行骚扰或批评的）讨人厌者
  a person who annoys or criticizes other people in order to make them do sth

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 讨人厌者；有意搅扰他人者;（尤指）故意挑战权威者
  If you refer to someone as agadfly, you believe that they deliberately annoy or challenge other people, especially people in authority.
  1. It still remains to be seen whether Buchanan will be just a gadfly or a real threat to the president.
     布坎南只是故意搅局还是对总统构成真正的威胁，这还有待观察。

英英释义

noun

• any of various large flies that annoy livestock
• a persistently annoying person
  Synonym:pestblightercusspesterer

双语例句

• Courage, selflessness and strength of will stand out all over the Gadfly.
  勇敢、无私和意志力在牛虻身上全都表现得很突出。
• Lastly, it is worth mentioning the ideological manipulation in the adapted Soviet film The Gadfly dubbed into Chinese, which was shown in the cinemas throughout China.
  最后，还需一提的是体现在由苏联引进的、在中国各大电影院放映的译制影片《牛虻》的意识形态操纵作用。
• The domination of two legal research services over the publication of federal and state court decisions is being challenged by an Internet gadfly.
  二个合法的研究服务的支配在联邦和州法院判决的发布之上被一个网际网路形似苍蝇挑战。
• Approaching Gadfly& Reflections on the Feelings of the Leading Character of Gadfly by Voynich
  走近牛虻&试探《牛虻》主人公情感世界
• Separation and Preparation of Multi-peptide Samples in Gadfly Insect by High Performance Preparative Liquid Chromatography
  高效制备液相色谱法分离制备虻虫中的多肽样品
• FOR a week the Gadfly lay in a fearful state.
  整整一个星期，牛虻的病都处于严重的状态。
• It also illustrated how the Syrian hackers, who target entities opposed to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, could use relatively simple techniques to turn their gadfly disruptions into something more menacing.
  它显示出，叙利亚黑客可以运用相对简单的技术，将平常的网络干扰升级成更具威胁的攻击。这些黑客以反对总统巴沙尔•阿萨德（Basharal-Assad）政权的实体为攻击对象。
• The Gadfly's endurance was failing him at last.
  牛虻的忍受力也终于不能维持了。
• Researches on effect of luring gadfly device on field test
  曼聂拖罢（Manitobu）诱虻器诱虻效果现场试验研究
• Detractors see him differently: as a dangerous anti-American gadfly, indiscriminately revealing information regardless of the consequences.
  批评者则看法不同，他们认为他是一个危险的反美鼓吹者，不计后果、不加甄别地泄露信息。