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

• They also face up to their fears.
  他们也面对他们的恐惧。
• 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。
• I hope one day society will have the courage to face up to the reality of step family situations.
  我希望有一天社会能勇敢地面对继亲家庭情况的现实。
• You're right. you're right. I should face up to the facts.
  你说的对，我该面对现实了。
• He wanted to go into the street and carve someone's face up.
  他想上街去把别人的脸刮花。
• It is time for the internet groups to face up to their own responsibilities.
  如今，是时候让互联网企业正视一下自己的责任了。
• We should face up to the fact that we are no longer young.
  我们应该勇敢承认和面对我们已不再年轻这一事实。
• 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。
• Can their parents face up to all this?
  他们的父母能够面对这一切吗？
• 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。