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

• You're right. you're right. I should face up to the facts.
  你说的对，我该面对现实了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Can their parents face up to all this?
  他们的父母能够面对这一切吗？
• I hope one day society will have the courage to face up to the reality of step family situations.
  我希望有一天社会能勇敢地面对继亲家庭情况的现实。
• But to do so we must face up to realities.
  但要想这样，我们必须面对现实。
• They also face up to their fears.
  他们也面对他们的恐惧。