confront的经典引文是:John Hampden..had the courage..to confront the whole power of the government.出自:Ld Macaulay。confront【近义词】oppose反对。confront的读音是英[kən'frʌnt];美[kən'frʌnt]。
一、详尽释义点此查看confront的详细内容
二、词典解释
1.(问题、任务或困难)降临,使面临
If youare confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
confront的近义词
e.g. She was confronted with severe money problems...
她面临严峻的资金问题。
e.g. Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.
部长们低估了他们所面临的任务的艰巨性。
2.勇敢地面对;正视
If youconfront a difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it.
e.g. We are learning how toconfront death...
我们正在学习如何直面死亡。
e.g. NATO countries have been forced toconfront fundamental moral questions.
北约国家被迫正视基本的道德问题。
3.使面对(有威胁性或困难的事)
If youare confronted by something that you find threatening or difficult to deal with, it is there in front of you.
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e.g. I was confronted with an array of knobs, levers, and switches.
我面对的是一大堆旋钮、控制杆和开关。
4.与…对峙;与…对抗
If youconfront someone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them.
e.g. She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face...
她挤过骚动的人群,与他当面对峙。
e.g. They don't hesitate to open fire when confronted by police...
他们遭遇警察时毫不犹豫地开火。
5.与…当面对证(或对质)
If youconfront someonewith something, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something.
e.g. She had decided toconfront Kathryn with what she had learnt...
她决定拿自己了解的事实与凯瑟琳当面对证。
e.g. I could not bring myself toconfront him about it...
我不忍心就这事和他对质。
三、网络解释
1. confront是什么意思
1. 面对:关键是要敢于面对(confront)并克服这种心理. 如果我们一味地求安全,就不会有所长进,就等于是作茧自缚(We become trapped inside a shell of our own making). 第二段指出,第二次世界大战以后,人口的流动性(mobility)变大,
2. 使面临,对抗:inflict 自虐,自我折磨 front 面对 |confront 使面临,对抗 | affront 脸一直凑过去-->冒犯,侮辱
3. 第八集:占卜死亡的男人:第七集:黄昏的离别 Good night | 第八集:占卜死亡的男人Confront | 第九集:战斗的餐宴 Lethal trap
四、例句
We must confront future with optimism.
我们必须乐观地面对未来。
You must confront your problems.
你必须面对自己的问题。
It's no use to confront your boss.
对抗你的老板是没有用的。
A soldier often has to confront danger.
士兵常常要身临险境。
Confronted by an angry crowd, the police retreated.
警察面对愤怒的人群只好后撤了。
The difficulties that confront us seem insuperable.
我们面临的困难似乎是不可克服的。
五、常见句型
六、常用短语
He will admit his errors when we confront him with these figures.
我们把这些数字给他看时,他就会认错的。
They have confronted the problem of terrorism with great determination.
他们以极大的决心对付恐怖活动问题。
The policeman confronted the driver with a summons.
警察当面给司机一张传票。
The court confronted the witness with the accused.
法庭使证人与被告对质。
She could not bear to be confronted with the truth.
如果她了解事实的真相,她会受不了的。
We are confronted with many social problems which can't be dealt with successfully overnight.
我们面临许多不能成功处理的社会问题。
Italy is confronted with serious financial and economic difficulties.
意大利面临着严重的财政和经济困难。
The new system was confronted with great difficulties at the start.
这项新制度刚开始就遇到了很大的困难。
As soon as he was confronted with the evidence, he confessed.
拿出证据与他对质时,他就招供了。
七、词语用法
confront的相关近义词
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confront的相关临近词
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