英语词汇“confront”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	confront
释义	con·front I. \kənˈfrənt\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French confronter to confront, border on, from Medieval Latin confrontare to bound, from Latin com- + Medieval Latin -frontare (from Latin front-, frons forehead, front) — more at brink 1. a. : to stand facing or opposing especially in challenge, defiance, or accusation : face : stand up to < enemies confronting one another > < confront an accuser in court > b. : to face (something dangerous or dreaded) without flinching or avoiding < the test of a free society is its capacity to confront, rather than evade, the vital questions of choice — J.M.Burns > 2. : to put or bring face to face : compel (a person) to face, take account of, or endure — usually used with by or with < confront a reader with statistics > < confronted by … novels … frank to the point of immodesty — M.D.Geismar > < poor culprits … confronted with law Latin — R.M.Weaver > 3. a. : meet, encounter < recurrent phenomena … can always … be confronted experimentally — A.C.Danto > b. : to stand before or in the way of < the hardships and problems confronting the pioneers > 4. : to set in opposition for comparison : compare < conclusions which can be confronted with experience — Alfred Einstein > Synonyms: see meet II. noun (-s) obsolete : confronting, facing, affront
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