词汇 | brunt |
释义 | bruntbrunt /brʌnt/ noun bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of something ATTACKCRITICIZEto receive the worst part of an attack, criticism, bad situation etc 受到最严厉的攻击[批评];首当其冲 an industry that bore the brunt of the recession 经济衰退时受到最大冲击的一个行业 The car took the full brunt of the explosion. 这辆汽车在这爆炸中受损最严重。 Examples from the Corpus the full brunt• High Street which bore the full brunt is barely recognisable.• Webs of bilateral deals protect them from the full brunt of competition.• When she reached the summit, she was into the full brunt of the gale-force wind.• As I found out later, a metal necklace he was wearing had taken the full brunt of the lightning flash.• After her death they certainly took the full brunt, Silvio in particular.• Carewscourt, standing on its hill high above the surrounding countryside, took the full brunt of it.• The doctor took the full brunt of Moran's resentment. Examples from the Corpus brunt• Retailers are in the immediate line of fire and were first to bear the brunt of cost cutting.• He thought that the garrison of Richmond ought now to bear the brunt of the fighting.• It will bear the brunt of the estimated $ 1 billion cost for the changes on Okinawa.• Southern California, where the banks had the most overlap, will bear the brunt of the cuts.• A recent report showed how older workers bear the brunt of economic recession.• The depot is bearing the brunt of a package of cost cutting measures across three sites.• In previous downturns, blue-collar manufacturing workers bore the brunt of job losses.• Her hands, which she threw up to protect her face took the brunt of the injury. |
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