英语词汇“confront”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

confrontconfront /kənˈfrʌnt/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYconfront

Origin: 1500-1600 French confronter to have a border with, confront, from Latin

VERB TABLE

confront

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	confront
	he, she, it	confronts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	confronted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have confronted
	he, she, it	has confronted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had confronted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will confront
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have confronted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am confronting
	he, she, it	is confronting
	you, we, they	are confronting
Past	I, he, she, it	was confronting
	you, we, they	were confronting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been confronting
	he, she, it	has been confronting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been confronting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be confronting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been confronting

1[usually passive] if a problem, difficulty, etc. confronts you, it needs to be dealt with: Many pressing problems confront the new administration.be confronted with something Customers are confronted with a bewildering number of choices.2[usually passive] to behave in a threatening way toward someone, as though you are going to attack him or her: They were confronted by a man with a gun.3to accuse someone of doing something by showing him or her the proof: The play is about a woman who confronts the man who tortured her in prison.confront somebody about/with something I’m afraid to confront Vivian about her drinking.4to deal with something very difficult or bad in a brave and determined way: We try to help people confront their problems. [Origin: 1500–1600 French confronter to have a border with, confront, from Latin]