busts

英 [bʌsts]

美 [bʌsts]

n.  (石或金属的)半身像; (尤指衣服或尺寸)女子的胸部，胸围; (警方的)突击搜捕，突击搜查
v.  打破; 摔碎; 突击搜查(或搜捕); (使)降级，降低军阶
bust的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense and past participle. bust的过去式和过去分词可与原形相同。


• VERB 打碎；破坏
  If youbustsomething, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.
  1. They will have to bust the door to get him out.
     他们将不得不撞破门把他弄出来。
• VERB 逮捕；拘留
  If someoneis busted, the police arrest them.
  1. They were busted for possession of cannabis.
     他们因藏有***被逮捕。
• VERB （警察）搜查
  If policebusta place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal.
  1. ...police success in busting UK-based drug factories.
     警察对英国的毒品加工厂成功实施的突击搜查
  2. Bustis also a noun.
     
  3. Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust.
     上周在巴拿马规模最大的毒品搜查行动中查获了6吨***。
• ADJ 破产的；倒闭的
  A company or fund that isbusthas no money left and has been forced to close down.
  1. It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.
     是纳税人将支付大部分的账单以解救面临倒闭的银行。
• PHRASE 破产；倒闭
  If a companygoes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
  1. ...a Swiss company which went bust last May.
     一家去年5月倒闭的瑞士公司
• N-COUNT 半身像；胸像
  Abustis a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.
  1. ...a bronze bust of the Queen.
     女王的半身铜像
• N-COUNT （女人的）胸部
  You can usebustto refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size.
  1. Good posture also helps your bust look bigger.
     优美的姿势也能让你的胸部看起来更丰满。
• tobust a gut→ see:gut

双语例句

• The cyclical booms and busts that result damage the non-financial economy, and economic policy can counteract this.
  由此造成的周期性盛衰会损害非金融经济，而经济政策能对抗这种风险。
• Collect mummy, Hellenistic Statues and busts of Roman emperors.
  收藏木乃伊、腊的雕像和罗马皇帝的半身像。
• Semi-regular infusions of cash tend to create booms and busts.
  不够规律的进行资金“输血”，将会使整个产业在繁荣和萧条间起伏波动。
• This special report will argue that the effects of property booms and busts can be made less damaging, but that the asset itself is inherently unsafe.
  本期特别报道将论证，房地产繁荣与泡沫破灭的影响可以变得危害较小，但这种资产本身却具有与生俱来的危险性。
• Macroeconomic theory, our understanding of how economists experience booms, busts, inflation and growth, was found wanting in the global financial crisis.
  我们用来理解经济体经历繁荣、萧条、通胀和增长的宏观经济理论，在全球金融危机中暴露了不足。
• Lincoln busts open a panel and compares the inside to a map.
  林肯砸开了一个仪表，同地图上比对。
• The English-speaking countries are widely perceived to be down and out after housing binges and financial busts.
  经历过住房热潮和金融崩溃之后，人们普遍认为英语国家将陷于穷困潦倒。
• The statutory capital requirements should rise during booms and fall in busts.
  法定资本要求应当在景气时增加，不景气时则下降。
• You are at risk from booms and busts in the property market.
  你一定会在房地产市场的投资市场盛衰周期中冒险。
• However, Jensen, who has busts of both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in her office, is known as a moderate.
  不过，人们都知道延森本人是温和派，她的办公室里摆着罗纳德•里根和玛格丽特•撒切尔的雕像。