confront
美音:[kənf´rʌnt
]
英音:[kənf´rʌnt
]
vt.使面临,对抗
难易程度:
confront为短语/超纲词汇
词频:3166
词形变化:
名词:confronter 动词过去式:confronted 过去分词:confronted 现在分词:confronting 第三人称单数:confronts
词根
com-=together,with,wholly 变化型 co-,col-,comb-,con-,cor-,coun-
近义词, 同义词
be in front stand in front front face confront come to the front come to the forebe courageous dare venture confront danger brave confront face defy take heart
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confront
/kən'frʌnt; kən`frʌnt/
v
1 [Tn.pr] ~ sb with sb/sth make sb face or consider sb/sth unpleasant, difficult, etc 使某人面对或正视令人不快、令人头疼等的人[事物]
*They confronted the prisoner with his accusers. 他们让犯人与原告对质.
* When confronted with the evidence of her guilt, she confessed. 她面对罪证供认不讳.
2 [Tn]
(a) (of a difficulty, etc) face (sb) threateningly; oppose （指困难等）临到（某人）头上; 面临
*the problems confronting us 摆在我们面前的问题
* Confronted by an angry crowd the police retreated. 警察面对愤怒的人群只好後撤了.
(b) face (sth) defiantly 对抗或面对（某事物）
*A soldier often has to confront danger. 士兵常常要身临险境.
v
1 [Tn.pr] ~ sb with sb/sth make sb face or consider sb/sth unpleasant, difficult, etc 使某人面对或正视令人不快、令人头疼等的人[事物]
*They confronted the prisoner with his accusers. 他们让犯人与原告对质.
* When confronted with the evidence of her guilt, she confessed. 她面对罪证供认不讳.
2 [Tn]
(a) (of a difficulty, etc) face (sb) threateningly; oppose （指困难等）临到（某人）头上; 面临
*the problems confronting us 摆在我们面前的问题
* Confronted by an angry crowd the police retreated. 警察面对愤怒的人群只好後撤了.
(b) face (sth) defiantly 对抗或面对（某事物）
*A soldier often has to confront danger. 士兵常常要身临险境.
confront
v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin: confronter 'to have a border with, confront', from Medieval Latin, from Latin com- ( COM-) + frons ( FRONT1)]
if a problem, difficulty etc confronts you, it appears and needs to be dealt with
The problems confronting the new government were enormous.
be confronted with sth
Customers are confronted with a bewildering amount of choice.
to deal with something very difficult or unpleasant in a brave and determined way
We try to help people confront their problems .
to face someone in a threatening way, as though you are going to attack them
Troops were confronted by an angry mob.
to accuse someone of doing something, especially by showing them the proof
confront sb with/about sth
I confronted him with my suspicions, and he admitted everything.
I haven't confronted her about it yet.
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: French;Origin: confronter 'to have a border with, confront', from Medieval Latin, from Latin com- ( COM-) + frons ( FRONT1)]
if a problem, difficulty etc confronts you, it appears and needs to be dealt with
The problems confronting the new government were enormous.
be confronted with sth
Customers are confronted with a bewildering amount of choice.
to deal with something very difficult or unpleasant in a brave and determined way
We try to help people confront their problems .
to face someone in a threatening way, as though you are going to attack them
Troops were confronted by an angry mob.
to accuse someone of doing something, especially by showing them the proof
confront sb with/about sth
I confronted him with my suspicions, and he admitted everything.
I haven't confronted her about it yet.
1. For it is impossible to foretell the exact nature of the difficulties which will confront the pot-holer.
因为无法预见到洞穴探险者究竟会遇到什么性质的困难。
2. We have made old women invisible so that we do not have to confront our society's myths about what makes life valuable or dying painful.
我们使老年妇女退出社会，销声匿迹，这样我们就不用面对这个社会里关于何以使生命如此宝贵，死亡如此痛苦的问题了。
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因为无法预见到洞穴探险者究竟会遇到什么性质的困难。
2. We have made old women invisible so that we do not have to confront our society's myths about what makes life valuable or dying painful.
我们使老年妇女退出社会，销声匿迹，这样我们就不用面对这个社会里关于何以使生命如此宝贵，死亡如此痛苦的问题了。
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