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

• 12. China's anti-Japanese national revolutionary war is now confronting a grave crisis.
  （十二）中国抗日民族革命战争现在是处在严重的危机中。
• 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。
• Mr Bush said: Science has deepened our understanding of climate change and opened new possibilities for confronting it.
  布什表示：科学加深了我们对气候变化的认识，同时也提出了新的应对它的可能性。
• Human societies have the power to solve the problems confronting them
  人类社会有能力解决面临的问题。
• 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。
• The humour of most of his20 books is based on confronting intellectuals with the real world.
  他20本书中的大多数幽默都是基于将现实世界与知识分子反衬而构成的。
• The problems now confronting it are Chinese relations and iron ore expansion.
  目前力拓遇到的问题是与中国的关系和铁矿石产能扩张。
• The early data indicate that China is confronting similar challenges as those experienced in other countries.
  早期的数据表明中国正在面临着和其它国家一样的挑战。
• He drew comparisons between the problems faced by the University and those confronting his own establishment.
  他把该大学和他自己的机构所面临的问题进行了比较。