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
- A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
孩子摔倒时，头部最容易受伤。 - People who are relatively powerless service workers, children and other innocent bystanders often bear the brunt.
那些无权无势的人服务人员、儿童以及其他无辜者往往成了受害者。 - But with less aggressive monetary tightening, corporate profit margins will bear the brunt of higher input prices instead.
但如果实施不太有力的货币紧缩政策，公司利润率就将承受生产资料价格上涨的冲击。 - His secretary have to bear the brunt of his temper.
他的秘书成了他的出气筒。 - Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。