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***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***。
• 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

• Or as ITO says, the endeavour that is "not so much interdisciplinary, but Anti-disciplinary", since it busts traditional definitions of research and entrepreneurship.
  或者正如伊藤穰一所说，这一努力“与其说是跨学科的，不如说是反学科的”，因为它打破了研究与创业的传统定义。
• 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。
• 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。
• Financial busts almost always follow credit booms.
  金融崩溃几乎总是发生在信贷繁荣之后。
• 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。
• 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。
• The danger in a more explicitly market-based financial system is in heightened procyclicality more euphoric booms and more depressed busts.
  一个更明显基于市场的金融体系的危险，在于顺周期性的加强，这意味着更多非理性繁荣和更多令人沮丧的萧条。
• This special report will argue that the effects of property booms and busts can be made less damaging, but that the asset itself is inherently unsafe.
  本期特别报道将论证，房地产繁荣与泡沫破灭的影响可以变得危害较小，但这种资产本身却具有与生俱来的危险性。
• 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。