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

• 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。
• Young cadre is national future, it is the brunt of our country reforming and opening.
  青年干部是国家的未来，是我国改革开放的主力。
• 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。
• Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
  年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。
• 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。
• 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。
• His secretary have to bear the brunt of his temper.
  他的秘书成了他的出气筒。
• 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。
• 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。
• He bore the brunt of the blame.
  他成了众矢之的，人们纷纷归咎于他。