【bust】 - A-level备考词汇

bust

UK:  [bʌst]

US:  [bʌst]

复数：busts  现在分词：busting  过去式：busted  

n.

1.失败;破产;经济萧条

2.半身像,胸像

3.(妇女的)胸部[胸围]

4.半身塑像

5.逮捕

6.突击搜查

7.重击

8.欢闹,闹饮

9.殴打

10.吵吵闹闹

adj.

1.破产的;一文不名的

v.

1.破产;(力争成功紧张过度时的)失败,崩溃

2.〔俚语〕使破产[没落]

3.爆裂;破裂

4.爆破,破(开),开,破碎;乐炸了

5.破落,毁掉,一败涂地

6.逮捕

7.驯服(野马等)

8.(警察)突然搜查

9.〔口语〕殴打

10.【军事】贬降(士兵等的)军阶

1 . First, how much longer the Chinese government will pursue the inflationary policy, and second how doggedly it will fight the bust.
首先，中国政府还要在追逐通货膨胀性政策这条路上走多远，其次便是它在对抗大萧条时到底能够便显出多大的顽强性。

2 . If your bed feels, smells and looks like an Alien nest, then it's time for you to bust out some clean bed linen.
如果你的床看起来闻起来感觉像是外星人睡的床一样，那你就要换一床被单和枕套了。

3 . Investors have got quite a bit of protection against a housing bust because of the type of deals that Fannie and Freddie guaranteed.
在防止住房业破产方面，投资者得到不少呵护，因为FannieMae和FreddieMac公司为这类交易提供担保。

4 . Place the tape around the fullest part of the bust. The tape must b horizontal AT the back. This measurement must not be taken tightly.
把卷尺围放在胸部最丰满处。在后背处卷尺保持水平。该尺寸绝不能最得太紧。

5 . Years of boom, buoyed by cheap foreign-currency loans and a currency pegged to the euro, have turned to a spectacular bust.
拉脱维亚曾经通过廉价的外币贷款以及与欧元挂钩促成了数年的经济繁荣景象，而如今却急转直下，濒临崩溃边缘。