confront
美 [kənˈfrʌnt] 
英 [kən'frʌnt]
- v.面对；对抗；处理；使…无法回避
- 网络面临；使面临；遭遇
词形变化
第三人称单数：confronts 现在分词：confronting 过去式：confronted 同义词
英汉双解
1. | ~ sb/sth 使…无法回避；降临于to appear and need to be dealt with by sb |
| the economic problems confronting the country 这个国家所面临的经济问题 |
| The government found itself confronted by massive opposition. 政府发现自己遭到了强烈的反对。 |
2. | ~ sth 处理，解决（问题或困境）to deal with a problem or difficult situation |
| She knew that she had to confront her fears. 她心里明白自己必须克服恐惧心理。 |
3. | ~ sb 面对；对抗；与（某人）对峙to face sb so that they cannot avoid seeing and hearing you, especially in an unfriendly or dangerous situation |
| This was the first time he had confronted an armed robber. 这是他第一次面对一个武装劫匪。 |
4. | ~ sb with sb/sth 使面对，使面临，使对付（令人不快或难处的人、场合）to make sb face or deal with an unpleasant or difficult person or situation |
| He confronted her with a choice between her career or their relationship. 他要她在事业和他们两人关系之间作出抉择。 |
5. | 面对（某事物）to have sth in front of you that you have to deal with or react to |
| Most people when confronted with a horse will pat it. 大多数人遇见马时都会轻轻地拍拍它。 |
英汉解释
v. | 1. 面对;在...的正对面;勇敢正视;对付(危险等) |
英英解释
例句
If he wants to quit his day job and pursue music full time, he's going to have to confront that aching question: to sell or not to sell?
如果他想要放弃别的工作而全身心地投入音乐中去，他必须面对这个折磨人的问题：大卖与否？
Tell someone. Bring it out into the light of day. Shame is debilitating. Confront it head on by telling someone what you did.
告诉给别人。吐露出来。羞愧令人…弱化。告诉给别人你曾做过了什么来直面面对它。
Perseus, who killed Medusa, was able to confront her by looking at her reflection in his shield, thus avoiding being turned to stone.
杀死美杜莎的珀尔休斯通过在盾上观察她的影子，避免了变成石头而得以与她对抗。
Schoolwork was not the only obstacle Tang had to confront. His travel budget was limited, so Tang had to make the most of what he had.
唐人立必须面对的，不仅仅只有课业的障碍。由于旅行预算十分有限，所以他不得不最大限度地利用自己手头的资金。
Finally, it seems, Spain is ready to confront a horrifying aspect of its recent past.
最终，西班牙似乎已准备面对其不堪回首的过往。
Give her a few days and then call again- confront her with her poor behaviour.
给她几天时间，然后再打电话给她-面对着她的无所作为。
"There was a tendency to shy away from the need to confront sexuality in its most transcendent aspiration and practice, " he said.
“回避对性力和性欲的需要已成为一种趋势”Ura指出。
Obama acknowledged that he is taking office at a time of crisis, and asked Americans to help him confront the challenges.
奥巴马在就职演说中说，他是临危受命，并号召美国人民帮助他迎接挑战。
The last person she had to confront was a man in his early 20s who was taking pictures of Internet porn with his cellphone.
她最近一次必须去面对的是一位20出头的小伙子，他当时正用自己的手机获取互联网色情图片。
Ultimately, we must confront the inevitability of our own demise, lose ourselves as it were, all that we were or dreamed to be.
最终，我们不得不直面注定的死亡，蜕去原本的自我，遗失我们所曾在乎和追求的拥有。
But again, there seems to be no rationale to confront this by capping surpluses at a certain percentage of GDP.
但同样，靠把盈余限制在GDP的一定比例上来对抗这点似乎毫无道理。
The situation of the declasse intellectual was no longer exceptional; it had turned into something permanent and unpleasant to confront.
这种落魄知识分子的处境不再显得优越，已变成了一种必须正视的永恒，以及令人不快的东西。
While a large number of pro-government armed tribesmen have gathered in the suburbs, ready to confront the demonstrators.
另有大量亲政府的武装部落人员也集结在郊区，准备对抗示威者。
Confront me with fears that will temper my spirit; yet endow me with courage to laugh at my misgivings.
让我面对恐惧，好磨炼我的精神。给我勇气嘲笑自己的疑虑和胆怯。
He no longer snapped awake in the quiet hours, forced to confront, all over again, the fact that he had no sensation from the neck down.
他不会再从安宁的睡眠中突然惊醒而努力强迫自己去面对他从颈部以下失去知觉的现实。
He said Pakistani leaders recognize that and are beginning to do things to confront the problem.
马伦说，巴基斯坦领导人认识到这一点，他们在开始处理这个问题。
They may not even want to confront those weaknesses in private (though this motive is often less acknowledged).
他们甚至私底下都不愿承认自己的缺点（虽然经常难以认同其动机）。
I spoke about the "little ones" . Assuredly there are also the "great" . . . The great Jews do not need me to confront their God.
我谈到我周围的「这些小人物」。确实，他们也是「大人物」。伟大的犹太人并不需要我来跟他们的上帝，当面对质。
Will he be willing to confront and pressure them to step up in a way they did not at the last NATO meeting?
那么，奥巴马是否愿意直面这些国家，施加压力，促使他们完成北约会议上未完成的事呢？
The White House is starting to confront the "hard choices" that come from trying to pare down America's commitments overseas.
白宫开始面对放弃美国在海外的承诺的“艰难抉择”。
A principal problem was the flat refusal of the President to confront his advisers directly on the central question.
主要问题是总统根本拒绝让他的顾问们直接面对中心问题。
She knew that she had to confront her fears.
她心里明白自己必须克服恐惧心理。
He DIDn't think Guitar would jump him in the daytime. If he DID confront him(with anything than a gun), he was sure he could take him.
他认为吉他不会在光天化日之下朝他扑来。即使真与他狭路相逢（只要他不带枪），他也有把握能制住他。
I'm very happy to be able to confront myself with a player of that level.
我非常高兴能面对他这种级别的球员。
When you first confront your subject, check to see that it is exactly what you want.
当第一次面对事物，要检查看看是否都是你想画的东西。
Sometimes, if betrayal is one kind of independence, then you must be ready to confront the whole consequence.
有时候，如果叛逆是独立的一种形式，那麽你就必须面对叛逆后的所有后果。
He is now ready to confront whatever fate awaits him in the World of Darkness.
那么现在你人物已经准备好在黑暗世界中迎接他的命运了。
Once you realise the Truth of that you begin to confront your old beliefs about what power is and where one can find it.
一旦你了解了这样的真相，你开始面质自己对于“力量是什么”以及“我们可以在哪里找到它”所怀抱的古老信念。
Hollinghurst knew he would one day have to confront the subject, but wanted to do so on his own terms.
霍林赫斯特知道自己终有一天会面对这个主题，但他希望以自己的方式来描述它。
The difficulty of the policies implementation is one of the general problems which the governments have to confront.
公共政策执行难是当前各级政府面临的普遍问题。
Their gazes are fixed optimistically on the horizon, as if ready to confront any challenge.
三人的目光乐观地望向远方的地平线，似乎已经准备迎接各种挑战。
Waging battle against the drug pushers was a challenge to Armstead. She felt rather nervous but she decided to confront th.
对阿姆斯特德来说，向毒贩展开斗争是个挑战。虽然她感到紧张不安，但她决心勇敢地面对这些人。
Speaking at an air force base in Alaska this week, Mr Bush reiterated his view that America has no choice but to confront them.
本周在阿拉斯加某空军基地讲话时，布什重申了自己的观点：美国除了面对他们，别无选择。
China was a new country, one year old, and here it was able to confront the United States, the number one power.
当时的中国是个新兴的国家，只有一岁大，居然可以面对美国这个第一强国。
For all that, as it looks eastward to Turkey and south to the Maghreb, Europe has to confront its own demons.
尽管如此，东望土耳其、南邻北非的欧洲必须正视自己内心的“魔鬼”。
When things do go wrong, make sure there are mentors or coaches ready to help junior managers confront and draw lessons from their mistakes.
如果年轻管理者遭遇到挫折，应确保有人来引导和教育他们面对自己的错误，从中吸取经验教训。
I decided that I could not take it anymore so I decided to confront him with the situation but he had fallen asleep.
我决定，我不能采取它了，所以我决定来对付他的情况，但他已经睡着了。
We face a broad and growing range of security threats and challenges that our military must be prepared to confront.
我们面临的安全威胁和挑战非常大，而且范围在不断扩展，我们的军队必须准备好应对。
Africa and climate therefore confront the rational optimist with a challenge, to say the least.
因此，至少可以说，非洲和气候问题将使理性乐观主义者面临挑战。
When encountering difficulty and challenges I always keep calm and am ready to confront them.
面对困难和挑战时，总会保持冷静并积极面对。
We do not confront the world in a doctrinaire way with a new principle: Here is the truth, kneel down before it!
我们不是以空论家的姿态，仗着一条新原理对世界喝道：真理在这里，向它跪拜吧！
My neighbour are always very apologetic about Lucille's travels and so far , I haven't had the heart to confront them about it.
我的邻居关于露西尔的旅行并且迄今总非常道歉，我不忍心面对它。
