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 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。
• We must face up to our responsibilities and not try to get out of them.
  我们必须勇敢地担当起我们的责任，而不应当试图推卸责任。
• 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。
• There is a good way to solve it: face up to your worries.
  有一个很好的解决办法：正视你的烦恼。
• They argued with him, but he could not face up to reality.
  他们和他辩论，但是他仍不能正视现实。
• Though we will face up to more difficulties, I believe we will succeed in the near future.
  虽然我们会面对更多的困难，我相信我们会在不久将来取得成功。
• 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 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。
• But to do so we must face up to realities.
  但要想这样，我们必须面对现实。
• 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。