face up

英 [feɪs ʌp]

美 [feɪs ʌp]

面朝下／仰面

化学

英英释义

verb

• deal with (something unpleasant) head on
  1. You must confront your problems
  2. He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes
  Synonym:confrontface

双语例句

• We hope they will face up to the grave situation prevailing there.
  我们希望他们能正视那儿的严重局势。
• Or we can face up to the institutional impediments to growth I have described here.
  或者，我们也可以坦然面对我在文中描述的这种阻碍经济增长的机构问题。
• But to do so we must face up to realities.
  但要想这样，我们必须面对现实。
• Can their parents face up to all this?
  他们的父母能够面对这一切吗？
• He was forced to face up to the situation.
  他只好勇敢地面对这种局面。
• You could face up to eight years in jail for spreading rumours considered prejudicial to security
  散布危害社会安全的谣言将被判入狱8年。
• They also face up to their fears.
  他们也面对他们的恐惧。
• The boy knew he should tell his neighbour that he broke the window, but he couldn't face up to it.
  那男孩知道他应该告诉邻居是他打破了窗户，但他又没有勇气这么做。
• Television could face up to its own fantasies about race and begin to challenge Americans 'assumptions about themselves.
  电视可能会正视它自己对种族问题所抱的幻想，并且开始对美国人对自己的种种设想提出质疑。
• We had to face up to the harsh realities of life sooner or later.
  我们迟早都得正视生活的严酷现实。