| 单词 | to face up to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto face up to i. to face up to: to show a bold face to, confront, oppose (a person or thing); (figurative) to confront and accept, not shrink from (some unwelcome fact, task, problem, etc.).In Boxing: to face an opponent in an approved manner (see quot. 1954). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > confront (a difficulty) breast1847 confront1863 to face up to1888 to be faced with1991 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier ii. 217 He faces up to us, fires but one Volley of his small Shot, and fell to battering us with the Stocks of their Musquets. 1888 J. Harrison Scot in Ulster iv. 48 Always facing up to the savage realities of life, these Scots of Ulster are in character..akin to our common forefathers of the seventeenth century. 1906 Times 29 Dec. 14 The [sc. grammar school boys] are reasonable..when they have to face up to punishment. 1935 Punch 4 Sept. 260/2 It was our duty as guardians of the children to face up to the situation. 1954 F. C. Avis Boxing Ref. Dict. Face up, to square up in the approved way to an opponent. 2004 Independent 30 July 33/5 [They] will..have to face up to the fact that their children have been turned into killers. < as lemmas |
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