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
- 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。 - South Padre Island, Texas escaped the brunt of that storm but still took a pretty big hit.
德克萨斯南帕诸岛逃过了这场热带风暴的正面冲击，但是仍然受到了严重影响。 - Debt and equity holders will bear the brunt of it.
债券持有人和股东们将首当其冲。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。