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

• 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。
• I hope one day society will have the courage to face up to the reality of step family situations.
  我希望有一天社会能勇敢地面对继亲家庭情况的现实。
• 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。
• They also face up to their fears.
  他们也面对他们的恐惧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You're right. you're right. I should face up to the facts.
  你说的对，我该面对现实了。
• 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。