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

• 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。
• You're right. you're right. I should face up to the facts.
  你说的对，我该面对现实了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was forced to face up to the situation.
  他只好勇敢地面对这种局面。
• Under those circumstances he had no choice but to face up to challenge bravely.
  在那样的情况下他除了勇敢地面对挑战以外没有其他选择。
• Face up to reality. That's the only way out.
  面对现实，这是唯一的出路。
• 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。
• We should learn to face up to reality.
  我们要学会敢于面对事实。