busts

英 [bʌsts]

美 [bʌsts]

n.  (石或金属的)半身像; (尤指衣服或尺寸)女子的胸部，胸围; (警方的)突击搜捕，突击搜查
v.  打破; 摔碎; 突击搜查(或搜捕); (使)降级，降低军阶
bust的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense and past participle. bust的过去式和过去分词可与原形相同。


• VERB 打碎；破坏
  If youbustsomething, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.
  1. They will have to bust the door to get him out.
     他们将不得不撞破门把他弄出来。
• VERB 逮捕；拘留
  If someoneis busted, the police arrest them.
  1. They were busted for possession of cannabis.
     他们因藏有大麻被逮捕。
• VERB （警察）搜查
  If policebusta place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal.
  1. ...police success in busting UK-based drug factories.
     警察对英国的毒品加工厂成功实施的突击搜查
  2. Bustis also a noun.
     
  3. Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust.
     上周在巴拿马规模最大的毒品搜查行动中查获了6吨可卡因。
• ADJ 破产的；倒闭的
  A company or fund that isbusthas no money left and has been forced to close down.
  1. It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.
     是纳税人将支付大部分的账单以解救面临倒闭的银行。
• PHRASE 破产；倒闭
  If a companygoes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
  1. ...a Swiss company which went bust last May.
     一家去年5月倒闭的瑞士公司
• N-COUNT 半身像；胸像
  Abustis a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.
  1. ...a bronze bust of the Queen.
     女王的半身铜像
• N-COUNT （女人的）胸部
  You can usebustto refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size.
  1. Good posture also helps your bust look bigger.
     优美的姿势也能让你的胸部看起来更丰满。
• tobust a gut→ see:gut

双语例句

• Collect mummy, Hellenistic Statues and busts of Roman emperors.
  收藏木乃伊、腊的雕像和罗马皇帝的半身像。
• Macroeconomic theory, our understanding of how economists experience booms, busts, inflation and growth, was found wanting in the global financial crisis.
  我们用来理解经济体经历繁荣、萧条、通胀和增长的宏观经济理论，在全球金融危机中暴露了不足。
• Semi-regular infusions of cash tend to create booms and busts.
  不够规律的进行资金“输血”，将会使整个产业在繁荣和萧条间起伏波动。
• There were many marble busts on painted wooden pillars along the walls of the office room.
  办公室的墙上有油漆过的木柱子，上边放着好些大理石的半身像。
• The busts lead to banking crises and draconian budget cuts that hurt the poor who depend on government programmes.
  而在萧条期，则会出现银行业危机和大幅削减预算的行为，后者将伤害到那些依赖于政府项目的穷人。
• That is the depressing conclusion from a growing body of research on the aftermath of big financial busts.
  对金融大萧条的后果越来越多的研究得出了这个令人沮丧的结论。
• The statutory capital requirements should rise during booms and fall in busts.
  法定资本要求应当在景气时增加，不景气时则下降。
• It is also a warning that recovering from housing and credit busts is hard.
  这也是一个警告信号，即自房屋和信贷危机中复原是一个艰难的过程。
• Busts and monuments remind us of William Shakespeare, Walter Scott and many others.
  铜像和纪念碑使我们想起了威廉·莎士比亚、特·克特以及其他许多人。
• But their rise and busts came for the same reasons.
  但这两个国家经济兴衰的原因都一样。