face up to

英 [feɪs ʌp tu]

美 [feɪs ʌp tu]

（使）直面，正视（真相、现实等）

柯林斯词典

• → see:face 5

双语例句

• The boy knew he should tell his neighbour that he broke the window, but he couldn't face up to it.
  那男孩知道他应该告诉邻居是他打破了窗户，但他又没有勇气这么做。
• You must face up to your fear, and do it anyway.
  你必须勇敢地面对你的恐惧，不管如何都要去做。
• We should learn to face up to reality.
  我们要学会敢于面对事实。
• There are dangers which you must face up to.
  有危险，你必须勇敢地面对。
• But to do so we must face up to realities.
  但要想这样，我们必须面对现实。
• He was forced to face up to the situation.
  他只好勇敢地面对这种局面。
• I hope one day society will have the courage to face up to the reality of step family situations.
  我希望有一天社会能勇敢地面对继亲家庭情况的现实。
• Though we will face up to more difficulties, I believe we will succeed in the near future.
  虽然我们会面对更多的困难，我相信我们会在不久将来取得成功。
• They also face up to their fears.
  他们也面对他们的恐惧。
• We hope they will face up to the grave situation prevailing there.
  我们希望他们能正视那儿的严重局势。