confront

单词音标

confront音标[kәn\'frʌnt]

汉语翻译

vt. 使面对, 对抗, 遭遇, 使对质, 比较

【法】 对证, 使对质, 比较

相关词组:

confront sb with sth

词型变化

名词:confronter动词过去式:confronted过去分词:confronted现在分词:confronting第三人称单数:confronts

词意辨析

meet, encounter, confront, face, contact

这些动词均有“遇见、会见、碰见”之意。

meet: 普通用词，本义指双方或多方从不同方向或相反方向作相对运动，*终相碰(遇)。

encounter: 通常指遇到困难或挫折，也指偶然或意外地相遇。

confront: 不可避免地，面对面地相遇，也指敢于正视困难或问题。

face: 侧重双方静止地面对面，或指充满勇气、信心和决心去正视人或事。

contact: 多指通过书信、电话或直接会面和别人联系，口语用词。

英语解释

动词 confront:

oppose, as in hostility or a competition

同义词：face

deal with (something unpleasant) head on

同义词：face up, face

present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

同义词：face, present

be face to face with

例句

He swung round to confront his accusers.

他突然转过身来面对著那些指控他的人。

A soldier often has to confront danger.

士兵常常要身临险境。

They confronted the prisoner with his accusers.

他们让犯人与原告对质。

Confronted by an angry crowd the police retreated.

警察面对愤怒的人群只好后撤了。

详细解释

con.front

v.（动词）

con.front.ed,con.front.ing,con.fronts

v.tr.（及物动词）

To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility:

面对：与…面对面的，尤指带有挑衅性或敌对性的：

例句：

I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.

我希望和控告我的人当庭对质

To bring face to face with:

使面对面：

例句：

The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.

被告被传来面对他确凿的罪证

To come up against; encounter:

碰到；遇到：

例句：

confronted danger at every turn.

抵抗时时会发生的危险

v.intr.（不及物动词）

To engage in confrontation:

进行反抗：

例句：

.She got no child support.[She] didn`t argue or confront. (Gail Sheehy)

.她没有得到孩子的抚养费。 既未争辩也没有反抗. (盖尔·希伊)

来源：

French confronter

法语 confronter

from Old French [to adjoin]

源自 古法语 [贴近]

from Medieval Latin cônfront3re

源自 中世纪拉丁语 cônfront3re

Latin com- [com-]

拉丁语 com- [前缀，表.和.]

Latin frôns front- [front]

拉丁语 frôns front- [前面的]

【引伸】

confront.er

n.（名词）

confront.ment

n.（名词）