confront
vt. 面对；遭遇；比较
vt.
面对；使面对面，使对质；碰到，遇到；比较
变形
过去式：confronted过去分词：confronted现在分词：confronting第三人称单数：confronts
双语释义
v.(动词)vt. 使面对 bring face to face; be or come face to face with
vt. 与…相对 be opposite to
英英释义
confront[ kən'frʌnt ]
v.
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
"You must confront your opponent"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
同义词：face
deal with (something unpleasant) head on
"You must confront your problems"
同义词：face upface
present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
"We confronted him with the evidence"
同义词：facepresent
be face to face with
"The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"
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
词组短语
confront with使面临
同近义词辨析
face, encounter, meet, contact, confront这组词都有“遇见，会见，碰见”的意思，其区别是：
face侧重双方静止地面对面，或指指充满勇气、信心和决心正视人或事。
encounter通常指遇到困难或挫折，也指偶然或意外地相遇。
meet普通用词，本义指双方或多方从不同方向或相反方向作向对运动，最终相碰(遇)。
contact多指通过书信、电话或直接会面和别人联系。口语用词。
confront不可避免的，面对面的相遇。也指敢于正视困难或问题的决心和信心。
face, confront这组词都有“面对”的意思，其区别是：
face口语用词，含义广，侧重有勇气、决心或自信心去面对。
confront书面用词，多指勇敢、冷静地面临某种问题、困难或任务等。
双语例句
用作及物动词(vt.)
We must confront future with optimism.
我们必须乐观地面对未来。
You must confront your problems.
你必须面对自己的问题。
It's no use to confront your boss.
对抗你的老板是没有用的。
A soldier often has to confront danger.
士兵常常要身临险境。
Confronted by an angry crowd, the police retreated.
警察面对愤怒的人群只好后撤了。
The difficulties that confront us seem insuperable.
我们面临的困难似乎是不可克服的。
权威例句
Médecine confrontée à la sexualité : deux beaux dossiers françaisUn territoire industriel confronté aux enjeux environnementaux
Économies d’énergie : le bâtiment confronté à ses occupants
Magnetic Fields in Molecular Clouds: Observations Confront Theory
Magnetic Fields and Star Formation -- Observations Confront Theory
Hunger, waiting time and transport costs: time to confront challenges to ART adherence in Africa.
Ethics in a short white coat: the ethical dilemmas that medical students confront
Irresistible forces, immovable objects: post-industrial welfare states confront permanent austerity
The many manifestations of downsizing: hierarchical galaxy formation models confront observations
Change of confinement scale in nuclei: Predictions for structure functions confront electroproduction data
confront (v.)
1560s, "to stand in front of," from Middle French confronter (15c.), from Medieval Latin confrontare "assign limits, adjoin," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + frontem (nominative frons) "forehead" (see front (n.)). Sense of "to face in defiance or hostility" is late 16c. Related: Confronted; confronting.
1. We must confront future with optimism.
我们必须乐观地面对未来。
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2. And how will I confront each whom I meet?
我该怎样面对遇到的每一个人呢？
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3. I live in accordance to certain priorities as I have to confront them.
我以一些优先考虑的事为标准生活,因为我必须面对它们。
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4. And so in that spirit, let me speak as clearly and plainly as I can about some specific issues that I believe we must finally confront together.
因此，在这种精神指引下，让我对一些具体的问题尽可能清楚和明白的做出解释，那就是，我相信我们最终必将共同面对。
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5. From morning until night I would have time to confront it. It was just me and the border -- without anyone interrupting my thoughts.
从天亮到日落，我时时刻刻面对着它，一路上这道边界陪伴着我，没有任何人来打扰我的思绪。
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6. Yes, I am hiding from something, the only thing I am reluctant to confront in my life.
是的，我在逃离，逃离某种东西，那是一种在我人生中我唯一不想面对的东西。
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7. So it might be useful to honestly consider the complex situations that truly confront us.
因此，真的考虑一下我们真实面对的复杂情况，这也许会有用。
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8. Instead, I would rather raise issues, make people confront them, and then let them figure out how to solve the problems.
相反，我宁愿提出问题、让大家面对这些问题，然后让他们找出解决这些问题的方法。
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9. Every so often, though, he tried to confront himself.
虽然如此，他有时也尝试面对自己。
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10. In pushing through the repeal of DADT, however, Gates and the military leadership confront a more fundamental challenge.
但是，在推动废除DADT的过程中，盖茨和军方领导人面对一个更根本的挑战。
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11. RL7 will not only have to confront his memories of being human, but fight against the company that makes him and that sees him as dangerous (or possibly just defective).
RL7不仅需要面对它作为人时的记忆，还需要和制造它的公司做斗争，因为公司认为它是危险的（或者可能仅仅是有缺陷的）。
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12. Undoubtedly, this is a tall order – but I see this as the real challenge we need to confront and overcome.
毫无疑问，这是个很高的要求，但我认为，它是我们需要面对和战胜的真正挑战。
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13. One of the greatest fears you’ll confront is that you may not have any real value to offer others.
你所面对的一个最大的担忧就是也许你没有什么实际的价值可以提供给他人。
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14. In our personal, professional and collective social lives it looks as if we may have no choice but to confront uncertainty if we are to survive - and survive well.
在我们的个人，专业还有共同的社会生活层面上，为了生存，或者更好的生存，除了面对不确定性之外，看上去我们似乎没有其他的选择。
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15. Push them to articulate how they would advise someone to cope with, or confront, both the anticipated challenges and the unanticipated crises.
推动他们阐明他们将如何建议别人去处理或面对预期的挑战和未预料的危机。
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16. The difference this time is that we will confront elitism from both sides.
不同的是，这次我们要面对来自两方面的精英主义。
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17. If that happens, the world will confront a very different China over the next few decades.
如果真是这样，世界将面对一个和过去几十年截然不同的中国。
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18. In too many organizations, the culture does not encourage its members to seek and confront risks, uncover unpleasant facts, or ask the tough questions.
在太多的组织中，文化并不鼓励它的成员寻找和面对风险，揭出那些不愉快的实施，或者询问难啃的问题。
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19. This is a daring thesis, but doubters must confront a massive amount of evidence.
这是一个大胆命题，但是怀疑者们也要面对大量的证据。
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20. Our ordinary confidence in our ability to reason and our natural tendency to trust the deliverances of our senses can both come to seem rather naive once we confront this possibility of deception.
当我们面对这种欺骗的可能性时，无论是对于自己的推理能力，还是对于我们天生信任自己感官判断这一习惯的信心都可能看上去变得颇为幼稚。
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21. The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all of its forms.
我们必须面对的第一个问题是一切形式的极端主义。
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22. The first issue that we have to confront is violent extremism in all of its forms.
我们必须面对的第一个问题是一切形式的极端主义。
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