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
- He bore the brunt of the blame.
他成了众矢之的,人们纷纷归咎于他。 - 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。 - His secretary have to bear the brunt of his temper.
他的秘书成了他的出气筒。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - They're the ones bearing the brunt of the recession.
他们是承受了经济衰退冲击的人们。 - I had to bear the brunt of the criticisms.
我不得不承受批评的压力。