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

• Lincoln busts open a panel and compares the inside to a map.
  林肯砸开了一个仪表，同地图上比对。
• Financial busts almost always follow credit booms.
  金融崩溃几乎总是发生在信贷繁荣之后。
• By an irony that inflation-hating Germans have trouble seeing, Ireland and Spain suffered property and banking busts at least partly because monetary policy was too German.
  这种货币政策太德国，是导致爱尔兰和西班牙的房地产和银行业不景气的至少部分原因，这里蕴含的讽刺意味，那些憎恶通胀的德国人一直看不出来。
• The English-speaking countries are widely perceived to be down and out after housing binges and financial busts.
  经历过住房热潮和金融崩溃之后，人们普遍认为英语国家将陷于穷困潦倒。
• Financial history may not be poetry, but the pattern of booms and busts has a certain rhythm.
  金融史或许不是诗歌，但其繁荣和萧条却遵循着某种韵律。
• 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。
• Booms start off slowly but busts can be sudden and devastating.
  繁荣的开始总是很缓慢，但崩盘的发生可能是骤然而毁灭性的。
• I'm not usually a fan of busts, but this one is actually pretty cool.
  我不能算是半身像的追捧者，但这一个真得非常酷。
• If judged correctly, this allows the economy to adjust steadily, without booms and busts.
  如果判断正确的话，这会让经济稳定调整，而不会出现大起大落。
• 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。