单词 | bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of something |
释义 | bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of somethingbear/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. → bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of something at brunt(1) |
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