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VERB
(问题、任务或困难)降临，使面临
If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
例句
She was confronted with severe money problems...
她面临严峻的资金问题。
Ministers underestimated the magnitude of the task confronting them.
部长们低估了他们所面临的任务的艰巨性。
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VERB
勇敢地面对;正视
If you confront a difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it.
例句
We are learning how to confront death...
我们正在学习如何直面死亡。
NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions.
北约国家被迫正视基本的道德问题。
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VERB
使面对(有威胁性或困难的事)
If you are confronted by something that you find threatening or difficult to deal with, it is there in front of you.
例句
I was confronted with an array of knobs, levers, and switches.
我面对的是一大堆旋钮、控制杆和开关。
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VERB
与…对峙;与…对抗
If you confront someone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them.
例句
She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face...
她挤过骚动的人群，与他当面对峙。
They don't hesitate to open fire when confronted by police...
他们遭遇警察时毫不犹豫地开火。
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VERB
与…当面对证(或对质)
If you confront someone with something, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something.
例句
She had decided to confront Kathryn with what she had learnt...
她决定拿自己了解的事实与凯瑟琳当面对证。
I could not bring myself to confront him about it...
我不忍心就这事和他对质。