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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Balochistan's capital, Quetta, was spared the brunt of the force, but there were injuries.
  俾路支省首府奎达，是不遗余力的冲击力，但也有伤亡。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。