face up to

英 [feɪs ʌp tu]

美 [feɪs ʌp tu]

（使）直面，正视（真相、现实等）

柯林斯词典

• → see:face 5

双语例句

• They also face up to their fears.
  他们也面对他们的恐惧。
• Face up to reality. That's the only way out.
  面对现实，这是唯一的出路。
• I hope one day society will have the courage to face up to the reality of step family situations.
  我希望有一天社会能勇敢地面对继亲家庭情况的现实。
• They argued with him, but he could not face up to reality.
  他们和他辩论，但是他仍不能正视现实。
• We should face up to the fact that we are no longer young.
  我们应该勇敢承认和面对我们已不再年轻这一事实。
• I guess I don't have the courage to face up to it and hurt him.
  我觉得我没勇气面对这件事，也不想伤害他。
• Or we can face up to the institutional impediments to growth I have described here.
  或者，我们也可以坦然面对我在文中描述的这种阻碍经济增长的机构问题。
• Therefore, it is necessary face up to the problem.
  因此，大有必要来正视这个问题。
• Can their parents face up to all this?
  他们的父母能够面对这一切吗？
• Though we will face up to more difficulties, I believe we will succeed in the near future.
  虽然我们会面对更多的困难，我相信我们会在不久将来取得成功。