brunt

英 [brʌnt]

美 [brʌnt]

n. 锐气；（正面的）冲击；主要的压力

GRE IELTS TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13688 / COCA.13686

习惯用语

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

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。
I had to bear the brunt of the criticisms.
我不得不承受批评的压力。
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。
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。
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。
Young people are bearing the brunt of unemployment
年轻人首当其冲，面临失业压力。
His secretary have to bear the brunt of his temper.
他的秘书成了他的出气筒。
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。
A child's head tends to take the brunt of any fall.
孩子摔倒时，头部最容易受伤。
People who are relatively powerless service workers, children and other innocent bystanders often bear the brunt.
那些无权无势的人服务人员、儿童以及其他无辜者往往成了受害者。