| 单词 | bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of something |
| 释义 | bear/take/suffer etc the brunt of something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbear/take/suffer etc the brunt of somethingbear/take/suffer etc the brunt of somethingATTACKCRITICIZEto receive the worst part of an attack, criticism, bad situation etcan industry that bore the brunt of the recessionThe car took the full brunt of the explosion. → bruntExamples from the Corpusthe 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. |
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