| 单词 | confront |
| 释义 | confront (kənfrʌnt ) Word forms: confronts , confronting , confronted 1. verb If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it. She was confronted with severe money problems. [be V-ed + with/by] Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them. [VERB noun] 2. verb If you confront a difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it. We are learning how to confront death. [VERB noun] NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions. [VERB noun] Synonyms: tackle, deal with, cope with, brave 3. verb [usually passive] If you are confronted by something that you find threatening or difficult to deal with, it is there in front of you. I was confronted with an array of knobs, levers, and switches. [be V-ed + with/by] 4. verb If you confront someone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them. She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face. [VERB noun] They don't hesitate to open fire when confronted by police. [VERB noun] The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate. [VERB noun] Synonyms: challenge, face, oppose, tackle 5. verb If you confront someone with something, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something. She had decided to confront Kathryn with what she had learnt. [VERB noun + with] I could not bring myself to confront him about it. [VERB noun + about] His confronting me forced me to search for the answers. [VERB noun] Collocations: confront a crisis To confront a crisis that knows no borders, we have a responsibility to coordinate our actions and to focus on common ground, not on our occasional differences. Times, Sunday Times The book serves as a mirror allowing the pastor to confront the crises facing the ministry. Christianity Today Nevertheless, that experience of more than a decade ago, confronting a crisis of banks with too little capital hoarding cash and not lending to businesses, has formed their thinking now. Times,Sunday Times Dean confronted his crisis of conscience alone. Times, Sunday Times And he has fully confronted his demons in his book. The Sun But, aged 17, she decided to confront her demons by working in the burger bar. The Sun On previous albums, he's been a master of self-doubt, confronting his demons with wit and grace. The Sun Our street rescue team got her into a hostel where she confronted her demons. The Sun She insists the show gave her the chance to confront her demons. The Sun He has had to confront the possibility that the human story ends in human-caused disaster. Times,Sunday Times We had to confront the possibility we might lose him. Times,Sunday Times Commentators who interpret this as a gaffe had better confront the possibility that there has been a shift in priorities. Times, Sunday Times It invites the visitor to gaze directly into its dark maw: to confront death face-to-face from that same glassy distance as we daily confront the possibility of our own non-existence. Times, Sunday Times It shows them how we confront a problem, but find a resolution and the relationship remains intact. Times, Sunday Times But football's rulers will not confront the problem that has now robbed a nation of its chance to appear at the biggest football tournament on the planet next summer. The Sun Confront the problem head on. Times, Sunday Times However, he said the governors were hesitant to confront the problem. Globe and Mail By failing to confront the problem, they empower it. Globe and Mail I simply invite you to confront the prospect of existence without purpose or pleasure. Times, Sunday Times It has led to the board confronting the prospect of possible litigation from disgruntled applicants and even a judicial review into how events have been handled. Times, Sunday Times He continued to confront the prospects and problems of altitude effects. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any modern director of a gangster film based on a true story has to confront the question: how true do you make it? Times, Sunday Times Does he confront the question and thereby neutralise it? Times, Sunday Times But never before has he so starkly confronted the question of death. Times, Sunday Times No doubt we'll all fall to confronting that question in our own ways in the coming months. Times, Sunday Times You have to confront the situation, rather than going along with it. The Sun I understand your fears that he will walk away but you must confront the situation and make him choose. The Sun Half the staff are desperate to be at the chapel; others desperate to avoid confronting the situation. Times, Sunday Times Without confronting the situation early in his tenure, he may have faced a far worse situation down the road. Christianity Today If we were more confident of who we are as a nation, we would be better able to confront this threat. Times, Sunday Times Extending a homemade folding spear, 5 steps out to confront the threat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When ants come across a specific pheromone, they approach the source with jaws wide open, as if confronting a threat. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What possesses someone to confront danger like this? Times, Sunday Times A central midfielder should never be in areas wider than the penalty box, unless they are out there to confront danger defensively. Times, Sunday Times He likens them to lemmings seeking safety in numbers rather than confronting danger, neglecting what can just as easily be seen as a genuine desire to send an inclusive message. The Times Literary Supplement In 1977, protagonists were making outward journeys into the world to confront evil and overcome it. Christianity Today His assertion may more properly be stated as 'confronting evil if and when convenient'. Times, Sunday Times In ancient cultures they treat sickness by confronting evil spirits and prescribing herbs. Times, Sunday Times He also confronts evil, super-powered doubles of his parents. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The scene evokes an eerie portrayal of innocence confronting evil, he says, with the subtle images richly nuanced by sound. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The preceding chapters have provided a program of action that can help measure risk and provide the information one needs to confront head-on both sin and people. Christianity Today This isn't an easy subject to confront head-on. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Menus and restaurants were revamped and, somewhat bravely, the company's critics were confronted head-on. Times, Sunday Times Conspiracy theories had to be explored and confronted head-on. Times, Sunday Times Orders were sent for the withdrawal of the troops defending the approaches, and in the evening we were left alone to confront the enemy. Times, Sunday Times But we aren't staring down new enemies so much as we are being forced in unprecedented ways to confront an enemy as old as humanity itself-our own fallen nature. Christianity Today If they must confront an enemy, they will mass their troops for an ambush. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The regions were to provide locations in which to confront an enemy and from which to launch an offensive to carry the battle onto enemy territory. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet far from hiding, she confronted her enemies. The Sun Administration or other formal insolvency measures crystallise a writeoff, force them to confront their past misjudgment and move on. Times,Sunday Times Seventeen years later, they're forced to confront the past they thought they'd left behind. The Sun I want to minimise the risk of a downswing so feel it's time to confront my past and deal with it properly. The Sun The actor believed that it was not easy for the former couple to confront their past. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The close proximity forces the two to confront their past. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Rather, his exhortations are radical in that they directly confront and subvert the social structures of contemporary society. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Likewise, a person with social anxiety disorder who fears public speaking may be instructed to directly confront those fears by giving a speech. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As well as directly confronting the inflation risks, this would have two further desirable consequences. Times, Sunday Times But the countries have never directly confronted each other militarily. Times, Sunday Times None of this was directly confronted. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 面临问题、任务、困难等 Japanese: 直面する |
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