confront

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vt. 使面对, 对抗, 遭遇, 使对质, 比较 [法] 对证, 使对质, 比较

发音

US /kənˈfɹʌnt/
其它 /kənˈfɹʊnt/

词形变化

confronted confrontest confronteth confronting confronts 三单 confronts confronting 现在分词 confronted 过去式 confronted 过去分词

别名

confronte

教材释义与例句

动词

面对；遭遇；比较

释义与例句

v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.

    及物

    It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.

  2. 2.

    To deal with.

    及物

    confront a problem

  3. 3.

    To bring someone face to face with something.

    及物

    We should confront him about the missing money.

  4. 4.

    To come up against; to encounter.

    及物

    Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.

  5. 5.

    To engage in confrontation.

    不及物
  6. 6.

    To set a thing side by side with; to compare.

    及物
  7. 7.

    To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

face present face up

反义词 1

avoid

上位词 10

look meet play face front present approach represent encounter go about

下位词 10

front match pit breast tackle oppose undertake take on play off take the bull by the horns

近义相关 3

face present face up

相关短语

confront one's demons

词源

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).

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