confronting

英 [kənˈfrʌntɪŋ]

美 [kənˈfrʌntɪŋ]

v.  使…无法回避; 降临于; 处理，解决(问题或困境); 面对; 对抗; 与(某人)对峙
confront的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB (问题、任务或困难)降临，使面临
  If youare confronted witha problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
  1. She was confronted with severe money problems...
     她面临严峻的资金问题。
  2. 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。
• VERB 勇敢地面对;正视
  If youconfronta difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it.
  1. We are learning how to confront death...
     我们正在学习如何直面死亡。
  2. NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions.
     北约国家被迫正视基本的道德问题。
• VERB 使面对(有威胁性或困难的事)
  If youare confrontedby something that you find threatening or difficult to deal with, it is there in front of you.
  1. 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。
• VERB 与…对峙;与…对抗
  If youconfrontsomeone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate.
     候选人在电视辩论中当面交锋。
• VERB 与…当面对证(或对质)
  If youconfrontsomeonewithsomething, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something.
  1. She had decided to confront 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。
  2. I could not bring myself to confront him about it...
     我不忍心就这事和他对质。
  3. His confronting me forced me to search for the answers.
     他对我的当面质询迫使我思索如何作答。

双语例句

• The urgent problem now confronting us is to restore the Party's fighting capacity.
  现在摆在我们面前的迫切问题，是要恢复党的战斗力。
• This question is of current relevance, since this is the challenge confronting Italy and Spain.
  这一问题具有显著的现实意义，因为这正是意大利和西班牙当前面临的挑战。
• The act of confronting or the state of being confronted, especially a meeting face to face.
  对抗对抗的行为或对抗的状态，尤指面对面的遭遇。
• He drew comparisons between the problems faced by the University and those confronting his own establishment.
  他把该大学和他自己的机构所面临的问题进行了比较。
• I believe this principle alone could eliminate some of the most difficult temptations confronting you.
  我相信，这一原则可以消除你所面对的最难以克服的诱惑。
• But there are many factors confronting advancement of the strategy.
  但多种因素限制了这一战略的进程。
• The humour of most of his20 books is based on confronting intellectuals with the real world.
  他20本书中的大多数幽默都是基于将现实世界与知识分子反衬而构成的。
• Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them
  人类社会有能力解决面临的问题。
• Confronting a situation will only result in indignation and misunderstandings.
  直面现状只会引起愤怒和误解。
• Can we solve the problems confronting us?
  我们能解决摆在我们面前的这些问题吗？