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

• 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。
• You're right. you're right. I should face up to the facts.
  你说的对，我该面对现实了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We should learn to face up to reality.
  我们要学会敢于面对事实。
• 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。
• But to do so we must face up to realities.
  但要想这样，我们必须面对现实。
• 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。
• 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。