brunt
brunt 英 [brʌnt] 美 [brʌnt]
n. 冲击；主要冲力
名词复数:brunts
- If you are the oldest child, you might bear the brunt of your parents' anger, even if you are not the instigator of the misdeed. Brunt means the worst part of something.
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- n. 冲击；主要冲力
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1. Normally it would be placed behind the helmet so it wouldn't face the brunt of the blast.
通常，这些通风器会被装置在头盔后方，这样就不会直接面对爆炸的冲击了。
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2. He had bad news though from Mississippi, Alabama and Florida - suddenly winds are pushing the slick towards the shoreline of those states whose beaches have untill now escaped the brunt of the oil.
然而，他从密西西比，阿拉巴马和佛罗里达获悉了坏消息——突然来临的大风将漏油推向这些州的海岸线，之前，这些州的沙滩成功避免了石油的冲击。
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3. They bore the brunt of the violence a year ago, even if there were armed pro-Thaksin provocateurs.
一年前，纵然他们有武装的他信支持者，但他们还是首当其冲地遭受暴力的冲击。
- brunt (n.) late 14c., "a sharp blow," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse brundr "sexual heat," or bruna "to advance like wildfire" (said of a ship under sail, etc.). Meaning "chief force, the heaviest or worst (of something)," as in bear the brunt, is from early 15c.
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