The fjords and islands of Chilean Patagonia take the brunt of the prevailing westerlies that wail across the southern seas.

智利巴塔哥尼亚的峡湾和岛屿处于盛行西风带的冲击之下，西风哀号着吹过南部洋面。

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The dollar continued to take the brunt of investors' ire over the situation in the U.

投资者对美国现状的愤怒继续冲击美元。

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Facebook seems to take the brunt of the backlash because of its size, but that hasn't changed our silly new idea that all of these companies have our best interests in mind.

虽然facebook因为影响力浩大成为了众矢之的，但最根本的还在于于我们愚蠢的认为所以这些公司都是以用户利益为先的。

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"Our greatest fear right now is that if we don't raise the same level of money that we did a year ago, knowing that we have to help more people in January and February when the brunt of the winter begins to take hold and hits, we're going to be really pressed to keep the utilities bills paid and the heat on in many,many homes,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Sources say the Services unit will take the brunt of the layoffs in the forthcoming cutbacks.

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Reinsurers, the big firms that provide a safety net in major disasters, will take the brunt of the burden.

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To my point above about conflicting demands on Japanese CEOs, Tsuga apologizes for having made domestic operations take the brunt of restructuring.

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