firebrand是什么意思？

firebrand

英[ˈfaɪəbrænd] 美[ˈfaɪərbrænd]

• n. 火把，燃烧的木柴，放火者，煽动叛乱者；

复数：firebrands;

例句

• I was a block of wood, I became a firebrand. 我从前是块木头, 后来成了引火的干柴.
• He is represented by the media as a dangerous firebrand. 新闻媒介报导,他是个危险的煽动者.
• He is represented by the media as a dangerous firebrand . 新闻媒介报导，他是个危险的政治煽动者。
• ...his reputation as a young firebrand. 他作为一名年轻的政治煽动者的名声

同义词

• n.
  firebrand的同义词之：放火者
  lighter,
  firebrand的同义词之：煽动变乱者
  instigator, troublemaker, rabble-rouser, agitator, provoker,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (总是煽动事端的)狂热分子;(尤指)政治煽动者
  If you describe someone as a firebrand, especially someone who is very active in politics, you mean that they are always trying to make people take strong action.
  例句
  ...his reputation as a young firebrand. 他作为一名年轻的政治煽动者的名声

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning
  2. someone who deliberately foments trouble;
  "she was the instigator of their quarrel"