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

• 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。
• Debt and equity holders will bear the brunt of it.
  债券持有人和股东们将首当其冲。
• Government budgets have borne the brunt of the economic crisis as tax revenues have fallen alarmingly and public spending has been raised to limit the damage wrought by the recession.
  在经济危机中，政府预算一直首当其冲，因为税收以惊人的速度减少，而公共支出却不断上升，以限制经济衰退造成的损害。
• Instead, banks will likely bear the brunt through increased reserve requirements and a prolonged clampdown on lending.
  相反，通过提高储备金率和长期打压放贷，银行可能首当其冲受到冲击。
• 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。
• 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。
• There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.
  世上只有一件东西，能始终经受住生活的冲击：一颗宁静的心。
• Bore the brunt of the household chores. His shoulders can bear heavy load.
  担负着繁重的家务事他的双肩能负重载。
• If you do not care, and hard, I will bear the brunt, but now can not, and what are not, think you have become a sin.
  如果你没人照顾了，再苦再累再难，我都会首当其冲的，可是现在不能，什么都不能，想你都成为一种罪过。
• Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
  年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。