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
- 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。 - 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。 - Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。 - I had to bear the brunt of the criticisms.
我不得不承受批评的压力。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。