单词 | confront |
释义 | confront —confrontal, confrontment, n. —confronter, n. /keuhn frunt"/, v.t. 1. to face in hostility or defiance; oppose: The feuding factions confronted one another. 2. to present for acknowledgment, contradiction, etc.; set face to face: They confronted him with evidence of his crime. 3. to stand or come in front of; stand or meet facing: The two long-separated brothers confronted each other speechlessly. 4. to be in one's way: the numerous obstacles that still confronted him. 5. to bring together for examination or comparison. [1595-1605; < ML confrontari, equiv. to L con- CON- + -frontari, deriv. of L frons forehead, FRONT] |
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