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

• Television could face up to its own fantasies about race and begin to challenge Americans 'assumptions about themselves.
  电视可能会正视它自己对种族问题所抱的幻想，并且开始对美国人对自己的种种设想提出质疑。
• Students should face up to the learning difficulty, not avoiding them at all.
  学生应该正视学习中的困难，而不要逃避他们。
• We hope they will face up to the grave situation prevailing there.
  我们希望他们能正视那儿的严重局势。
• We never told anybody to do anything, except to face up to the abilities of consciousness.
  我们从来没有告诉过任何人去做任何事，我们只是让他们面对自己意识的能力。
• Can their parents face up to all this?
  他们的父母能够面对这一切吗？
• 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。
• There is a good way to solve it: face up to your worries.
  有一个很好的解决办法：正视你的烦恼。
• But to do so we must face up to realities.
  但要想这样，我们必须面对现实。
• Japan must face up to the past, if it wants to lead in the future.
  日本若想要主导未来，就必须正视历史。
• 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。