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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - For the first time since the crisis started, emerging markets bore the brunt of fears.
自本轮金融危机爆发以来,新兴市场首次经受恐慌的冲击。 - 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。 - 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。 - In sheer numbers, Asia bears the brunt of the epidemic.
在数字如此庞大的疫情中,亚洲首当其冲。 - Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
年轻人首当其冲,面临失业压力。 - 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。 - 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。