brunt

英 [brʌnt]

美 [brʌnt]

n.  锐气；（正面的）冲击；主要的压力

GREIELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13688 / COCA.13686

习惯用语

n.

bear, take, etc. the brunt of sth
• 承受某事的主要压力；首当其冲
  to receive the main force of sth unpleasant
• Schools will bear the brunt of cuts in government spending.
  政府削减开支，学校将首当其冲受到影响。

柯林斯词典

• PHRASE 承受主要压力；首当其冲
  Tobear the bruntortake the brunt ofsomething unpleasant means to suffer the main part or force of it.
  1. Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment...
     年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。
  2. A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
     孩子摔倒时，头部最容易受伤。

英英释义

noun

• main force of a blow etc
  1. bore the brunt of the attack

双语例句

• Debt and equity holders will bear the brunt of it.
  债券持有人和股东们将首当其冲。
• For now, China has been able to avoid the brunt of this reversal.
  迄今为止，中国一直能够避免这种逆转带来的冲击。
• The class of 2001 bore the brunt of the recession, though.
  不过，2001级学员首当其冲地受到了衰退的影响。
• A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
  孩子摔倒时，头部最容易受伤。
• But for all three, human health will bear the brunt.
  但对所有三种危机而言，首当其冲的是人类健康。
• They highlight how manufacturers continue to bear the brunt of the slowdown, with exporters such as Germany and Japan the worst affected.
  这些数据突显了制造商继续受到经济放缓的严重冲击，其中，德国和日本等出口大国所受冲击最大。
• Women and youth bear the brunt of the resulting shortfall in employment.
  妇女和年轻人被雇佣对市场的冲击是造成工作岗位短缺的另一个因素。
• There is nothing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.
  在人生的历程中始终顶住冲击的只有一件东西：一颗宁静的良心。
• Somalia is also bearing the brunt of the measles epidemic, which is sweeping through the Horn of Africa.
  索马里还首当其冲地受到麻疹的影响，麻疹疫情正在非洲之角地区扩散。
• People who are relatively powerless service workers, children and other innocent bystanders often bear the brunt.
  那些无权无势的人服务人员、儿童以及其他无辜者往往成了受害者。