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。
• 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。
• There is a good way to solve it: face up to your worries.
  有一个很好的解决办法：正视你的烦恼。
• Perhaps we can face up to difficulty.
  或许我们能勇敢面对。
• Face up to reality. That's the only way out.
  面对现实，这是唯一的出路。
• 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。
• I guess I don't have the courage to face up to it and hurt him.
  我觉得我没勇气面对这件事，也不想伤害他。
• We never told anybody to do anything, except to face up to the abilities of consciousness.
  我们从来没有告诉过任何人去做任何事，我们只是让他们面对自己意识的能力。
• 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。
• You must face up to your fear, and do it anyway.
  你必须勇敢地面对你的恐惧，不管如何都要去做。