confront

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kənˈfɹʌnt/    美 /kənˈfɹʌnt/|/kənˈfɹɐnt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with. transitive
    — It is important that police officers learn to deescalate situations in which someone confronts them aggressively.
  2. To deal with. transitive
    — confront a problem
  3. To bring someone face to face with something. transitive
    — We should confront him about the missing money.
  4. To come up against; to encounter. transitive
    — Inter Milan are to confront Juventus in the final.
  5. To engage in confrontation. intransitive
  6. To set a thing side by side with; to compare. transitive
  7. To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to. transitive

词形变化

confronts present,singular,third-person confronting participle,present confronted participle,past confronted past

词汇关系

衍生词
carefront confrontable confrontation confrontational confrontative confronter confrontment confront one's demons reconfront unconfronted
相关词
confronté

词源

From Middle French confronter, borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfrontāre, from con- + frontem (“front, forehead”).
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