brunt
pronunciation
UK [brʌnt]
US [brʌnt]
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- n.
- （来自攻击一方的）主要力量
- 撞击，进攻
- 冲击
Word Origin
brunt 首当其充
词源不详。可以来自拟声词，形容重击的声音。
Example
- 1. Tsa screeners have borne the brunt of the outrage .
- tsa安检人员都承受了愤怒的冲击。
- 2. Employees on fixed-term contracts have borne the brunt .
- 固定期限合同员工所受冲击最为严重。
- 3. China , as the biggest saver , should bear the brunt of such a shift .
- 作为最大的储蓄者，中国应承担这次转变的主要冲击力。
- 4. Chinese investment has helped myanmar avoid the full brunt of western economic sanctions imposed since the late 1990s .
- 中国对缅甸的投资帮助这个国家避免了因西方国家自上世纪90年代末以来对其实施经济制裁而遭受全面冲击。
- 5. But the brunt of the force would be absorbed by connecting plates between the shafts , called shear links .
- 但地震力的冲击将通过连接钢柱间的横木被称为剪切连接梁来吸收。
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