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

• 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。
• 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。
• Face up to reality. That's the only way out.
  面对现实，这是唯一的出路。
• 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。
• All young people must face up to reality and not kid themselves that the world owes them a living.
  所有的年轻人都必须接受现实，不要自欺欺人，觉得生来就该享清福。
• They also face up to their fears.
  他们也面对他们的恐惧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is time for the internet groups to face up to their own responsibilities.
  如今，是时候让互联网企业正视一下自己的责任了。