| 釋義 |
首當其沖shǒu dāng qí chōngbe the first to be affected (by a disaster,etc); bear the brunt; stand in the gap (/breach)
? 大抵當敵人結束了他的戰(zhàn)略進攻，轉到了保守占領地的階段時，對于一切游擊戰(zhàn)爭根據地的殘酷進攻的到來，是沒有疑義的，平原的游擊根據地自將～。(《毛澤東選集》389) Broadly speaking,when the strategic offensive of the enemy is brought to ahalt and he enters the stage of safeguarding his occupied areas,he will undoubtedly launch savage attacks on all the guerrilla base areas,and those in the plains will naturally be the first to bear the brunt.
? 你完全明白，華北形勢越來越緊張，第二個東北的命運已經壓在華北人民的頭上。而北平又～。(楊沫《青春之歌》509) You know perfectly well how tense the situation in North China has become—what happened in the Northeast is threatening to repeat itself,and Beiping would be the first place to bear the brunt.
? 事實上，他們也是這里的主力，有三挺機槍，兩門手炮，武器好，戰(zhàn)斗力也強，是應該～的。(知俠《鐵道游擊隊》500)The railway guerrillas with their excellent weapons,which now included three machine-guns and two knee-mortars,and strong in fighting power,were in fact the main force on the island and should therefore defend the most strategic point. 首當其沖bear the brunt of…；be the first to be affected by(or suffer the impact of)… 首當其沖shǒu dānɡ qí chōnɡ沖：要沖，交通要道。首先受到攻擊或遭遇災難。bear the brunt, stand in the breach, be the first to be affected |