单词 | in the face of |
释义 | in the face ofSEE SYNONYMS FOR in the face of ON THESAURUS.COM Despite the opposition of, notwithstanding, as in In the face of published statistics, they insist there is no flu epidemic. [Early 1800s] Also see fly in the face of. When confronted with, as in It is hard for brokers to be cheerful in the face of a falling stock market. [Late 1800s] Words nearby in the face ofin the end, in the event of, in the eye, in the eye of, in the face, in the face of, in the family way, in the final analysis, in the first place, in the flesh, in the flush of The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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