confront

英 [kən'frʌnt] 美 [kən'frʌnt]

• vt. 对抗；遭遇；面临

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使面对

   bring face to face; be or come face to face with

2. vt. 与…相对

   be opposite to

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. （使）遭遇
2. 对抗
3. （使）面对
4. 使对质
5. 迎面遇到
6. 比较
7. （使）面临
8. 勇敢地面对
9. 正视
10. 对照
11. 在…的正对面
12. 勇敢正视
13. （使）对付
14. 横阻在…的面前
15. 使对证
16. 使对比
17. 与（某人）对峙
18. 使当面对证
19. 处理
20. 解决
21. 使…无法回避
22. 降临于

英英释义

Verb:

1. oppose, as in hostility or a competition;

   "You must confront your opponent"
   "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"
   "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
   

2. deal with (something unpleasant) head on;

   "You must confront your problems"
   "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
   

3. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize;

   "We confronted him with the evidence"
   "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"
   "An enormous dilemma faces us"
   

4. be face to face with;

   "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. We must confront future with optimism.
   我们必须乐观地面对未来。
2. You must confront your problems.
   你必须面对自己的问题。
3. It's no use to confront your boss.
   对抗你的老板是没有用的。
4. A soldier often has to confront danger.
   士兵常常要身临险境。
5. Confronted by an angry crowd, the police retreated.
   警察面对愤怒的人群只好后撤了。
6. The difficulties that confront us seem insuperable.
   我们面临的困难似乎是不可克服的。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He confronted his enemies bravely.
   他英勇地面对敌军。
2. In the court, you'll confront the fact that you have done harm to others.
   在法庭上你必须面对这个事实,那就是你对别人造成了伤害。
3. We have to confront many difficulties in the society.
   在这个社会里我们须面对许多困难。
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4. I am confronted by many difficulties.
   我遇到了许多困难。
5. As he entered the room, he was confronted by a scene of confusion.
   他走进屋时,看到一片混乱的景象。

其他

1. Confronted by the angry strikers, the police had to retreat.
   面对愤怒的罢工者,警察只好后退。

经典引文

• John Hampden..had the courage..to confront the whole power of the government.

  出自： Ld Macaulay

• I am only coarse when confronted by respectability.

  出自： Quiller

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

confront with (v.+prep.)

以…面对; 使…面临 face sb/sth with a quality such as courage; make sb face sth
confront sb/sth with sb/sth
He will admit his errors when we confront him with these figures.

我们把这些数字给他看时,他就会认错的。
They have confronted the problem of terrorism with great determination.

他们以极大的决心对付恐怖活动问题。
The policeman confronted the driver with a summons.

警察当面给司机一张传票。
The court confronted the witness with the accused.

法庭使证人与被告对质。
She could not bear to be confronted with the truth.

如果她了解事实的真相,她会受不了的。
We are confronted with many social problems which can't be dealt with successfully overnight.

我们面临许多不能成功处理的社会问题。
Italy is confronted with serious financial and economic difficulties.

意大利面临着严重的财政和经济困难。
The new system was confronted with great difficulties at the start.

这项新制度刚开始就遇到了很大的困难。
As soon as he was confronted with the evidence, he confessed.

拿出证据与他对质时,他就招供了。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• confront choices 面对选择
• confront danger 面对危险
• confront death 面对死亡
• confront difficulties 面对困难
• confront enemies 面对敌军

～+副词

• confront boldly 大胆地面对
• confront bravely 英勇地面对
• confront brazenly 危险地面对
• confront dramatically 戏剧性地面对
• confront fearlessly 大胆地面对
• confront militarily 军事对抗
• confront theatrically 威胁地面对

～+介词

• confront with 以…面对; 使…面临

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. confront的基本意思是“出现在…面前”,多指困难、任务等出现在某人的面前。强调不可避免的会面,并经常强调决心,通过这样的会面来弄清问题或解决困难，即“勇敢地面对”“正视”。confront还常用于表示“当面对质”。
2. confront是书面用语,应用范围较窄。
3. confront是及物动词,可以以人作主语,也可以“困难”“任务”等名词作主语。
4. confront在指“使面对,使…对立”时,其后面表示某人的处境或表示被置于、被带到某人面前的人物时,与介词with连用; 如果后面表示的是“面对”的人或物时,则用介词by。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

confront, be confronted with

• 这组词语都可表示“面对(着)”,它们之间的区别是:
• confront有强烈的动作和意愿性,而be confronted with主要表示一种状态,而且常常不是出于主语的意愿。

confront, encouter, face, meet

• 参见face条。

meet，encounter，confront，face，contact

• 这些动词均有“遇见、会见、碰见”之意。
• meet普通用词，本义指双方或多方从不同方向或相反方向作相对运动，最终相碰(遇)。
• encounter通常指遇到困难或挫折，也指偶然或意外地相遇。
• confront 不可避免地，面对面地相遇，也指敢于正视困难或问题。
• face侧重双方静止地面对面，或指充满勇气、信心和决心去正视人或事。
• contact多指通过书信、电话或直接会面和别人联系，口语用词。

近反义词

【近义词】

• oppose 反对
• encounter 意外的相见
• face 表面
• challenge 挑战
• defy 藐视
• meet 遇见
• antagonize 使…对抗
• provoke 激怒
• threaten 威胁
• handle 处理
• tackle 处理
• face up to 大胆面向
• deal with 讨论
• brazen out 厚着脸对待
• dare 敢
• stem 柄
• squarely 成方形地
• face up 面对
• contact 接触
• present 礼物

【反义词】

• avoid 避免