confronting

英 [kənˈfrʌntɪŋ]

美 [kənˈfrʌntɪŋ]

v.  使…无法回避; 降临于; 处理，解决(问题或困境); 面对; 对抗; 与(某人)对峙
confront的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB (问题、任务或困难)降临，使面临
  If youare confronted witha problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
  1. She was confronted with severe money problems...
     她面临严峻的资金问题。
  2. 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。
• VERB 勇敢地面对;正视
  If youconfronta difficult situation or issue, you accept the fact that it exists and try to deal with it.
  1. We are learning how to confront death...
     我们正在学习如何直面死亡。
  2. 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。
• VERB 使面对(有威胁性或困难的事)
  If youare confrontedby something that you find threatening or difficult to deal with, it is there in front of you.
  1. 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。
• VERB 与…对峙;与…对抗
  If youconfrontsomeone, you stand or sit in front of them, especially when you are going to fight, argue, or compete with them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. The candidates confronted each other during a televised debate.
     候选人在电视辩论中当面交锋。
• VERB 与…当面对证(或对质)
  If youconfrontsomeonewithsomething, you present facts or evidence to them in order to accuse them of something.
  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。
  2. I could not bring myself to confront him about it...
     我不忍心就这事和他对质。
  3. His confronting me forced me to search for the answers.
     他对我的当面质询迫使我思索如何作答。

双语例句

• The urgent problem now confronting us is to restore the Party's fighting capacity.
  现在摆在我们面前的迫切问题，是要恢复党的战斗力。
• 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。
• Can we solve the problems confronting us?
  我们能解决摆在我们面前的这些问题吗？
• But there are many factors confronting advancement of the strategy.
  但多种因素限制了这一战略的进程。
• But the problems confronting the US have shifted too.
  但美国面临的问题也发生了改变。
• I believe this principle alone could eliminate some of the most difficult temptations confronting you.
  我相信，这一原则可以消除你所面对的最难以克服的诱惑。
• Confronting great hardships, the surveyors never knocked under.
  在巨大的艰难困苦面前，那些勘探人员从未屈服过。
• Dealing with an unpleasant boss can be uncomfortable, if you choose to address the situation by confronting him.
  和不友好的老板相处，是和他对抗的话，会让人不舒服。
• No one can have failed to notice the fact that Internet rumors have been a grave problem confronting us.
  没有人可以没有注意到这一事实已经成为互联网谣言的严重问题摆在我们面前。
• Eurozone members have thus been spared confronting a currency crisis and competitive devaluations as they resolve the banking crisis.
  因此在解决银行业危机的同时，欧元区成员国不必应对汇率危机和货币竞争性贬值。