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
- 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。 - Women and youth bear the brunt of the resulting shortfall in employment.
妇女和年轻人被雇佣对市场的冲击是造成工作岗位短缺的另一个因素。 - 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。 - There is nothing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.
在人生的历程中始终顶住冲击的只有一件东西:一颗宁静的良心。 - A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
孩子摔倒时,头部最容易受伤。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。