brunt
英 [brʌnt]
美 [brʌnt]
n. 锐气；（正面的）冲击；主要的压力
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.- Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment...
年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。 - A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
孩子摔倒时，头部最容易受伤。
- Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment...
英英释义
noun
- main force of a blow etc
- bore the brunt of the attack
双语例句
- 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。 - But with less aggressive monetary tightening, corporate profit margins will bear the brunt of higher input prices instead.
但如果实施不太有力的货币紧缩政策，公司利润率就将承受生产资料价格上涨的冲击。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Recently, some CEOs have borne the brunt of shareholder impatience.
最近，一些CEO们终于耗尽了股东的耐心，被“扫地出门”。 - 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。 - 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。 - Balochistan's capital, Quetta, was spared the brunt of the force, but there were injuries.
俾路支省首府奎达，是不遗余力的冲击力，但也有伤亡。