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

• His secretary have to bear the brunt of his temper.
  他的秘书成了他的出气筒。
• I had to bear the brunt of the criticisms.
  我不得不承受批评的压力。
• 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。
• RENT is rising in cities across China, and young Chinese are feeling the brunt of this worrying trend.
  最近一段时间，中国各大城市的房租都在持续上涨，年轻人成了这一趋势的主要受害人群。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
  年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。
• 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。