firebrand

noun

1. 挑动政治争端者；煽动动乱者
   a person who is always encouraging other people to take strong political action, often causing trouble

1. 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.
   1. ...his reputation as a young firebrand.
      他作为一名年轻的政治煽动者的名声

1. Katzman adds that the softer tone of Iran's firebrand president reflects a wider debate in Iranian power circles.
   卡兹曼还补充说，伊朗总统语调软化，反应了伊朗权力圈里正进行著范围更广的辩论。
2. I was stupid; I became vicious: I was a block of wood; I became a firebrand.
   我从前笨，后来凶；我从前是块木头，后来成了引火的干柴。
3. The following spring the National Union of Mineworkers called a nationwide strike, despite the failure of their firebrand president, Arthur Scargill, to ballot his members.
   尽管全国矿工联合会主席亚瑟斯吉卡尔没有在会员中进行投票，工会仍然决定在1984年春天举行全国性罢工。
4. Indeed, if you ignore the peculiar dynastic legacy and highly privileged life, he looks almost normal, more akin to an avuncular family doctor than firebrand.
   的确，如果你忽略吊诡的王朝遗风和他极其优越的生活，他看上去几乎像个普通人，更像是一位具有长辈风范的家庭医生，而不是一个挑动争端的人。
5. Mr. Cooper said Mr. Lange was also a firebrand who stood up to pharmaceutical companies, governments and universities in his quest to treat HIV/ AIDS in low income communities across Europe and Africa.
   库珀说，兰格一直在身体力行，为了让欧洲和非洲感染HIV/AIDS的低收入人群也能得到治疗，他挺身而出与制药企业、政府和大学分庭抗礼。
6. He had, after all, a record as something of a firebrand.
   毕竟，他有着从事激进活动的记录。
7. Darren Cohen, then head of principal strategic investments at Goldman Sachs and who helped spark the merger t ê te-à-t ê tes, has been a firebrand within the consortium of investing companies.
   时任高盛首要战略投资部门负责人的达伦o科恩曾帮助促成合并，并一直推动各家企业投资Symphony。
8. The young firebrand does appear to be doing a bit to restrain his more out-of-control followers.
   这位新兴的煽动叛乱人士看来要采取措施限制他那些失去控制的信徒们。
9. I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
   我倾覆你们中间的城邑，如同我从前倾覆所多玛，蛾摩拉一样，使你们好像从火中抽出来的一根柴。你们仍不归向我。
10. Rooney's uncharacteristcally quiet display against Barcelona meant a sour ending to an impressive club season for the firebrand striker.
    鲁尼对巴塞罗那踢得不好，在这个不错的赛季里没能画上一个圆满的句号。
11. He is represent by the media as a dangerous firebrand
    传播媒体报导他是个危险的煽动者
12. First, I want clothes that are soothing, calming, that give the impression of sanity and the most moderate kind of adulthood; that say: I am not a firebrand attacking your core beliefs.
    首先，我希望我的衣服有抚慰和令人平静下来的作用，能够给人留下明智、最温和的成年人的印象；能够告诉读者：我不是一个攻击你核心信仰的煽动人士。
13. She has not hitherto been regarded by Washington insiders as a real firebrand, or heavy hitter.
    迄今为止，她并未被华盛顿权威人士看作是真正具有号召力的领袖或重量级人物。
14. No one who knows him dare employ him, for he is a regular firebrand of discontent.
    没有人知道还有谁再敢雇佣他，因为他是个充满了愤恨的离经叛道者。
15. Fishman points out that bin Laden was a charismatic firebrand whose videos were compelling to his followers, full of rhetorical and poetic flourishes.
    费舍曼指出，本拉登是个有魅力的煽动者，他的录像充满了修辞和富有诗意的词汇，很能吸引他的追随者。
16. A Research of Festival Tourism of a Nation Based on Tourists 'Expectation and Perception& Taking the Firebrand Festival of the Yi Ethnic Group of Liangshan as an Example
    基于游客期望和感知的民族节庆旅游研究&以凉山彝族火把节为例
17. The firebrand ideology once attached to the new Latin American left is also in retreat.
    曾经与新拉美左派密不可分的激进思想，如今也偃旗息鼓。
18. The only time things seemed to really change on this front was Obama's speech on race in response to the accusations of his support for the firebrand pastor, Jeremiah Wright.
    在这条战线上，唯一让人觉得事情确实发生了改变的场合，是当有人指控奥巴马（Obama）支持发表煽动性言论的牧师耶利米•赖特（JeremiahWright）时，奥巴马所回应的讲话。
19. Calderoli, a firebrand leader of the populist Northern League party, told La Stampa daily earlier this week he had the experience needed to look after the wolf cubs and had previously kept a tiger.
    卡尔代罗利是意大利北方联盟的一位政治领袖，他曾声称，自己有足够的经验可以照顾好那些刚出生的小狼，而且以前他还养过一只老虎。
20. Firebrand: a person who stirs up trouble or kindles a revolt.
    煽动叛乱者，挑动争端者：挑起麻烦或引起叛乱的人。
21. He is represented by the media as a dangerous firebrand. There will be a fuss when the media get hold of the story.
    新闻媒介报导，他是个危险的煽动者。新闻媒介得知此事会引起大惊小怪。
22. Western leaders expressed dismay at the disputed results that awarded a landslide victory to the firebrand incumbent, with Joe Biden, the US vice-president, saying there was real doubt about them.
    这位狂热的现任总统高票胜选，对于这一充满争议的大选结果，西方领导人表示震惊。美国副总统乔拜登（JoeBiden）表示，投票结果存在真切疑问。

noun

1. someone who deliberately foments trouble
   1. she was the instigator of their quarrel

   Synonym:    instigatorprovokerinciterinstigant

2. a piece of wood that has been burned or is burning

   Synonym:    brand