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

• 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。
• A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
  孩子摔倒时，头部最容易受伤。
• He bore the brunt of the blame.
  他成了众矢之的，人们纷纷归咎于他。
• 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。
• 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。
• They highlight how manufacturers continue to bear the brunt of the slowdown, with exporters such as Germany and Japan the worst affected.
  这些数据突显了制造商继续受到经济放缓的严重冲击，其中，德国和日本等出口大国所受冲击最大。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。