1938, "anti-aircraft gun," from German Flak, condensed from Fliegerabwehrkanone, literally "pilot warding-off cannon." Sense of "anti-aircraft fire" is from 1940; metaphoric sense of "criticism" is c. 1963 in American English. Flak jacket is by 1956.
例文
1. The President is getting a lot of flak for that.
大統領はそのことで非難されている。
2.He 's taken a lot of flak for his left-wing views.
彼の左寄りの見方は強く非難された。/
3.They flew into heavy flak over the target area.
彼らはターゲット地域の猛烈な高射砲火力の中に飛び込んだ。
4.In recent years they have attracted more than thair fair share of flak from the press.
ここ数年、彼らはジャーナリズム界から過剰な非難を受けている。
<dl><dt>5.The president is getting a lot of flak for that.