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confront怎么读？

confront

英 [kən'frʌnt] 美[kən'frʌnt]

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近义词squarely oppose face meet encounter

vt. 面对；遭遇；比较

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词态变化

第三人称单数: confronts;过去式: confronted;过去分词: confronted;现在分词: confronting;

中文词源

confront 使面临

con-, 强调。-front, 前面，前线。

英文词源

confront (v.): 1560s, "to stand in front of," from Middle French confronter (15c.), from Medieval Latin confrontare "assign limits, adjoin," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + frontem (nominative frons) "forehead" (see front (n.)). Sense of "to face in defiance or hostility" is late 16c. Related: Confronted; confronting.

双语例句

1. She had decided to confront Kathryn with what she had learnt.: 她决定拿自己了解的事实与凯瑟琳当面对证。

2. We are learning how to confront death instead of avoiding its reality.: 我们在学习如何直面死亡，而非回避死亡这一现实。

3. NATO countries have been forced to confront fundamental moral questions.: 北约国家被迫正视基本的道德问题。

4. Once again, I chose to confront the issue head-on.: 我又一次选择了直接面对该问题。

5. I could not bring myself to confront him about it.: 我不忍心就这事和他对质。