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。
• 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 also face up to their fears.
  他们也面对他们的恐惧。
• Perhaps we can face up to difficulty.
  或许我们能勇敢面对。
• He was forced to face up to the situation.
  他只好勇敢地面对这种局面。
• We must face up to our responsibilities and not try to get out of them.
  我们必须勇敢地担当起我们的责任，而不应当试图推卸责任。
• Therefore, it is necessary face up to the problem.
  因此，大有必要来正视这个问题。
• This is almost our conscious and consciousness of the individual life and face must face up to the picture.
  这几乎是我们有意识和知觉的生命个体要正视和直面的图画。
• But to do so we must face up to realities.
  但要想这样，我们必须面对现实。