confront
英 [kən'frʌnt]
美 [kən'frʌnt]
confront 中文词源
confront 使面临con-, 强调。-front, 前面，前线。
confront 英文词源
- confront (v.)
- 1560s, "to stand in front of," from Middle French confronter (15c.), from Medieval Latin confrontare "assign limits, adjoin," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + frontem (nominative frons) "forehead" (see front (n.)). Sense of "to face in defiance or hostility" is late 16c. Related: Confronted; confronting.
confront 双语例句
1. 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。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. We are learning how to confront death instead of avoiding its reality.
- 我们在学习如何直面死亡，而非回避死亡这一现实。
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- 3. 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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- 4. Once again, I chose to confront the issue head-on.
- 我又一次选择了直接面对该问题。
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- 5. I could not bring myself to confront him about it.
- 我不忍心就这事和他对质。
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