confront[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，最终相碰(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）