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

• The boy knew he should tell his neighbour that he broke the window, but he couldn't face up to it.
  那男孩知道他应该告诉邻居是他打破了窗户，但他又没有勇气这么做。
• Face up to reality. That's the only way out.
  面对现实，这是唯一的出路。
• Charles laid down his cards face up.
  查尔斯将手中的牌摊了出来。
• 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。
• 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。
• They had to face up to many setbacks.
  他们必须勇敢面对许多挫折。
• We should face up to the fact that we are no longer young.
  我们应该勇敢承认和面对我们已不再年轻这一事实。
• They made my face up to look like a clown.
  他们把我的脸化妆成一个小丑的样子。
• Can their parents face up to all this?
  他们的父母能够面对这一切吗？
• We had to face up to the harsh realities of life sooner or later.
  我们迟早都得正视生活的严酷现实。