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confront

/kənˈfrʌnt/ /kənˈfrʌnt/
  • v.
    面对,面临;正视,处理;对峙,对抗;对质,当面对证
第三人称单数confronts
现在分词confronting
过去式confronted
过去分词confronted
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词语例句

  1. 面对,面临vt.

    六级四级
    • She was confronted with severe money problems.

      她面临严重的资金问题。

    • As my colleague Vann Newkirk reported, Puerto Rico is still confronting economic and structural destruction and resource scarcity from 2017’s Hurricane Maria.

      据我的同事范恩·纽柯克报道,波多黎各仍然面临着2017年飓风玛丽亚带来的经济和结构破坏以及资源短缺等问题。

    • How does it compare with the other, seemingly perpetual health scares we confront, like panic over lead in synthetic athletic fields?

      它与我们面临的其他似乎永远存在的健康恐慌相比如何,比如人们在合成运动场上对铅的恐慌?

  2. 正视,处理vt.

    六级
    • We are learning how to confront death.

      我们在学习如何正视死亡。

    • Algorithms were accurate about 70% of the time when confronted with 1 million images.

      在处理100万幅图像时,算法的准确率约为70%。

  3. 对峙,对抗vt.

    • She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face.

      她从那群暴民中挤出来,与他当面对峙。

  4. 对质,当面对证vt.

    • She had decided to confront Kathryn with the truth.

      她已决定用事实与凯瑟琳对质。

  1. Once again, I chose to confront the issue head-on.
    又一次,我选择了直面这个问题。
    来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  2. We must confront future with optimism.
    我们必须乐观地面对未来。
    来自《新英汉大辞典》
  3. Inspirational speeches confront the emotions.
    励志演讲直面情感。

相关短语

  • Confront the life
    面对人生
  • Confront The King
    剿灭
  • confront with
    使面临;使面对;以…面对
  • Confront Your Fears
    挑战你的恐惧
  • confront reality
    面对现实;正视现实;直面现实

词语扩展

vt.
面对;遭遇;比较
adj.
confrontational对抗的;对抗性的
n.
confrontation对抗;面对;对质
  • face/encounter/meet/contact/confront
    • face侧重双方静止地面对面,或指指充满勇气、信心和决心正视人或事。
    • encounter通常指遇到困难或挫折,也指偶然或意外地相遇。
    • meet普通用词,本义指双方或多方从不同方向或相反方向作向对运动,最终相碰(遇)。
    • contact多指通过书信、电话或直接会面和别人联系。口语用词。
    • confront不可避免的,面对面的相遇。也指敢于正视困难或问题的决心和信心。
  • face/confront
    • face口语用词,含义广,侧重有勇气、决心或自信心去面对。
    • confront书面用词,多指勇敢、冷静地面临某种问题、困难或任务等。

词义分布

面对
76.9%
对抗
21%
遭遇
2.1%

英英释义

  • v.oppose, as in hostility or a competition
  • v.deal with (something unpleasant) head on
  • v.present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
  • v.be face to face with

词源

  • confront使面临
    con-, 强调。-front, 前面,前线。
  • confront面对(危险等
    来源于拉丁语中由con-(一起)和frons(前)组成的复合词confrontare,经由古法语confronter进入英语为confront。 词根词缀: con-共同,一起 + front面对
  • confront
    From Old French confronter, from Medieval Latin confrontare, from con- + frons ‎(“forehead”, “front”)