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
- 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。 - Employees on fixed-term contracts have borne the brunt.
固定期限合同员工所受冲击最为严重。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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”。 - His secretary have to bear the brunt of his temper.
他的秘书成了他的出气筒。 - 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。 - Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。 - 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。 - 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。