face up to

英 [feɪs ʌp tu]

美 [feɪs ʌp tu]

（使）直面，正视（真相、现实等）

柯林斯词典

• → see:face 5

双语例句

• We should learn to face up to reality.
  我们要学会敢于面对事实。
• All young people must face up to reality and not kid themselves that the world owes them a living.
  所有的年轻人都必须接受现实，不要自欺欺人，觉得生来就该享清福。
• Perhaps we can face up to difficulty.
  或许我们能勇敢面对。
• 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。
• You must face up to your fear, and do it anyway.
  你必须勇敢地面对你的恐惧，不管如何都要去做。
• Therefore, it is necessary face up to the problem.
  因此，大有必要来正视这个问题。
• Can their parents face up to all this?
  他们的父母能够面对这一切吗？
• Japan must face up to the past, if it wants to lead in the future.
  日本若想要主导未来，就必须正视历史。
• They also face up to their fears.
  他们也面对他们的恐惧。
• 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。