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
- 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。 - A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
孩子摔倒时，头部最容易受伤。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。