brunt

1. PHRASE 承受主要压力；首当其冲
   To bear the brunt or take the brunt of something 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。

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。
3. 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”。
4. 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。
5. RENT is rising in cities across China, and young Chinese are feeling the brunt of this worrying trend.
   最近一段时间，中国各大城市的房租都在持续上涨，年轻人成了这一趋势的主要受害人群。
6. Debt and equity holders will bear the brunt of it.
   债券持有人和股东们将首当其冲。
7. I had to bear the brunt of the criticisms.
   我不得不承受批评的压力。
8. 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。
9. They highlight how manufacturers continue to bear the brunt of the slowdown, with exporters such as Germany and Japan the worst affected.
   这些数据突显了制造商继续受到经济放缓的严重冲击，其中，德国和日本等出口大国所受冲击最大。
10. 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。
11. They're the ones bearing the brunt of the recession.
    他们是承受了经济衰退冲击的人们。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.
    世上只有一件东西，能始终经受住生活的冲击：一颗宁静的心。
15. 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。
16. His secretary have to bear the brunt of his temper.
    他的秘书成了他的出气筒。
17. The class of 2001 bore the brunt of the recession, though.
    不过，2001级学员首当其冲地受到了衰退的影响。
18. 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。
19. He bore the brunt of the blame.
    他成了众矢之的，人们纷纷归咎于他。
20. 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。
21. For now, China has been able to avoid the brunt of this reversal.
    迄今为止，中国一直能够避免这种逆转带来的冲击。
22. 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。
23. South Padre Island, Texas escaped the brunt of that storm but still took a pretty big hit.
    德克萨斯南帕诸岛逃过了这场热带风暴的正面冲击，但是仍然受到了严重影响。
24. Instead, banks will likely bear the brunt through increased reserve requirements and a prolonged clampdown on lending.
    相反，通过提高储备金率和长期打压放贷，银行可能首当其冲受到冲击。
25. Bore the brunt of the household chores. His shoulders can bear heavy load.
    担负着繁重的家务事他的双肩能负重载。
26. 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。
27. 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。
28. 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。
29. Balochistan's capital, Quetta, was spared the brunt of the force, but there were injuries.
    俾路支省首府奎达，是不遗余力的冲击力，但也有伤亡。

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
  1. 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。

noun

1. main force of a blow etc
   1. bore the brunt of the attack