confronts

英 [kənˈfrʌnts]

美 [kənˈfrʌnts]

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的第三人称单数

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

• And now a word about the most important, the immediate task that confronts this nation.
  现在我要讲讲国家面临的最重要，最紧迫的任务。
• My house confronts his.
  我的家与他的家对门。
• The biggest challenge the world confronts is coping with the rise of China.
  如何应对中国崛起，是当今世界面对的最大挑战。
• The difficulties he confronts are much deeper and more global than that.
  他面临的困难更深，也更具有全球性。
• This isn't fantasy, it is21st-century reality, and it confronts us now.
  这不是幻觉，这是21世纪的现实。我们目前被迫面对的现实。掌声。
• The method alerts us systematically to the richness and complexity of the phenomenon that confronts us.
  这个方法使我们系统性地幡然明白：我们面对的现象太丰富、太复杂。
• But before he confronts you.
  但他在从你正面交锋以前。
• Even if he confronts you, ignore him got that?
  即使他碰到你，也装作不认识他明白了？
• This human flood confronts a real one, brought on by higher and warmer oceans.
  然而这股人潮遭遇了真正的洪水海平面上涨和海洋变暖带来的洪水。
• Conditioned by unbalanced development, the problem each of countries confronts with is unique.
  由于发展的不平衡，不同国家和不同地区所面临的问题也各不相同。