| 词组 | face |
| 释义 | face [faced, faced, facing] face about face about BrE to turn so that you are looking in the opposite direction: ▪ He paused, lit a cigarette, then faced about and walked quickly away. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑turn around face down face down sb/sth • face sb/sth down especially AmE to deal with someone or something in a strong and confident way: ▪ Lyman faced down a roaring lion when he was on an African safari. face off face off AmE if two people or groups face off, they fight, argue, or compete against each other: ▪ Under Louisiana law, the two top candidates will face off in the second election November 16. ▪ The Twins and The Braves faced off at 6:00 last night in Atlanta. face-off n C usually singular AmE a situation in which two people or groups are fighting or playing a game against each other: ▪ The situation gradually calmed down after a 24-hour face-off between demonstrators and the police. face up to face up to sth to accept that an unpleasant fact is true or that a difficult situation exists, and realize that you have to deal with it instead of trying to ignore it: ▪ It won't be easy to find another job; you'd better face up to it. face up to the fact (that) ▪ It's often difficult to face up to the fact that you are no longer young. face up to your responsibilities ▪ "He's never really faced up to his responsibilities as a father," Suzy said. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑face be faced with be faced with sth if you are faced with a difficult problem, situation, choice etc, you have to deal with it: ▪ There was almost no evidence and police were faced with a seemingly impossible task. ▪ The business was doing really badly, and we were faced with mounting debts. ▪ Faced with these sorts of difficulties, many women chose to give up their careers as soon as their first child was born. |
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