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
- 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。 - 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。 - Recently, some CEOs have borne the brunt of shareholder impatience.
最近，一些CEO们终于耗尽了股东的耐心，被“扫地出门”。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Debt and equity holders will bear the brunt of it.
债券持有人和股东们将首当其冲。 - 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。 - His secretary have to bear the brunt of his temper.
他的秘书成了他的出气筒。