flack

• n. 宣传；广告；高射炮；宣传员
• n. (Flack)人名；(英、法、匈、瑞典)弗拉克

据说是来自1946年一位电影经纪人Gene Flack，或来自高射炮的比喻义。高射炮义来自flak的拼写变体。

1. a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer

2. intense adverse criticism;

"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"

"the government has come under attack"

"don't give me any flak"

3. artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

flack (n.)

"publicity or press agent," 1945, also by that year as a verb, said to have been coined at show biz magazine "Variety" (but the first attested use is not in "Variety") and supposedly from name of Gene Flack, a movie agent, but influenced by flak. There was a Gene Flack who was an advertising executive in the U.S. during the 1940s, but he seems to have sold principally biscuits, not movies.

They provide a useful service, said Flack.

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There are huge clusters of organic waste they can feed on, said Flack.

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The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, said Flack.

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Flack said it was too early to know whether the benefits of plentiful food outweighed the risks of feeding on landfills.

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Andrea Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration routes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbish dumps.

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"They provide a useful service," said Flack.

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"The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber hands and they can die, " said Flack.

2017年6月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

Once the cold water enters the flack, the vapor pressure falls quickly.

一旦冷水进入长颈瓶, 水气压就迅速下降.

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A test device for flack flowing systems based on virtual instrument technology is developed.

研制基于虚拟仪器技术的高炮随动系统性能检测装置.

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