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

• Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
  年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He bore the brunt of the blame.
  他成了众矢之的，人们纷纷归咎于他。
• 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。