詞彙精選：confront的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

v.

使面對，使面臨，碰到，遇到 [T]

例句：

A soldier often has to confront danger.

士兵常常要身臨險境。

例句：

When I confront rejections, I tell myself to calm down and never give up.

當我遭到拒絕時，我告訴自己冷靜下來並且永不言棄。

與…對峙，與…對抗 [T]

例句：

She pushed her way through the mob and confronted him face to face.

她擠過騷動的人羣，與他當面對峙。

例句：

They don't hesitate to open fire when confronted by police.

他們遭遇警察時毫不猶豫地開火。

勇敢地面對，正視 [T]

例句：

We had never needed to confront nations sharply opposed to us.

過去我們從來不需要對付激烈反對我們的國家。

例句：

He resolve to confront the enemy himself.

他決定親自出馬。

與…當面對證（或對質） [T]

例句：

She had decided to confront Kathryn with what she had learnt.

她決定拿自己瞭解的事實與凱瑟琳當面對證。

例句：

I could not bring myself to confront him about it.

我不忍心就這事和他對質。

比較 [T]

例句：

We should confront theory with practice.

我們應當用實踐來對照檢驗理論。

二、詞義辨析：

meet,encounter,confront,face,contact

這些動詞均有“遇見，會見，碰見”之意。meet普通用詞，本義指雙方或多方從不同方向或相反方向作向對運動，最終相碰(遇)。encounter通常指遇到困難或挫折，也指偶然或意外地相遇。confront 不可避免的，面對面的相遇。也指敢於正視困難或問題的決心和信心。face側重雙方靜止地面對面，或指指充滿勇氣、信心和決心正視人或事。contact多指通過書信、電話或直接會面和別人聯繫。口語用詞。

三、參考例句：

A soldier often has to confront danger.

士兵常常要身臨險境。

A cannoneer has to confront danger.

炮手須面對危險。

A soldier has to confront danger.

軍人須面對危險。

We must confront future with optimism.

我們必須樂觀地面對未來。

The difficulties that confront us seem insuperable.

我們面臨的困難似乎是不可克服的。

We are learning how to confront death.

我們在學習如何正視死亡。

He resolve to confront the enemy himself.

他決定親自出馬。

We must confront the future with optimism.

我們必須樂觀地面對未來。

The difficulties that confront us seem insuperable.

我們面臨的困難似乎是不可克服的。

He swung round to confront his accusers.

他突然轉過身來面對着那些指控他的人。