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
- Somalia is also bearing the brunt of the measles epidemic, which is sweeping through the Horn of Africa.
索马里还首当其冲地受到麻疹的影响，麻疹疫情正在非洲之角地区扩散。 - 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。 - 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。 - A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
孩子摔倒时，头部最容易受伤。 - 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。 - 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”。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。