faces

美 [ˈfeɪsɪz]英 [ˈfeɪsɪz]
  • n.脸;面孔;面部表情;有…表情的;有…面容的
  • v.面临,必须对付(某情况);面对;面向;承认,正视(现实);正对
  • face的第三人称单数和复数
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NOUN USES 名词用法

  • 1
    N-COUNT 脸;面孔
    Your face is the front part of your head from your chin to the top of your forehead, where your mouth, eyes, nose, and other features are.

    He rolled down his window and stuck his face out...

    他摇下车窗,把头探了出去。

  • 2
    N-COUNT 面容;神色;神情
    If your face is happy, sad, or serious, for example, the expression on your face shows that you are happy, sad, or serious.

    He was walking around with a sad face...

    他四处走着,神色哀伤。

  • 3
    N-COUNT 崖面;山侧;(建筑物的)墙面
    The face of a cliff, mountain, or building is a vertical surface or side of it.

    ...the north face of the Eiger...

    艾格尔山北坡

  • 4
    N-COUNT 钟面;表盘
    The face of a clock or watch is the surface with the numbers or hands on it, which shows the time.

  • 5
    N-SING (地区、机构或活动领域的)外观,面貌
    If you say that the face of an area, institution, or field of activity is changing, you mean its appearance or nature is changing.

    ...the changing face of the British countryside...

    英国乡村的日新月异

  • 6
    N-SING (活动,信仰、制度等的)方面
    If you refer to something as the particular face of an activity, belief, or system, you mean that it is one particular aspect of it, in contrast to other aspects.

    Brothels, she insists, are the acceptable face of prostitution...

    她坚持认为,妓院是卖淫可为人接受的一种形式。

  • 7
    N-UNCOUNT 面子;脸面
    If you lose face, you do something which makes you appear weak and makes people respect or admire you less. If you do something in order to save face, you do it in order to avoid appearing weak and losing people's respect or admiration.

    England doesn't want a war but it doesn't want to lose face...

    英格兰不想打仗,但也不想丢面子。

  • 8
    See also:about-face;face value;poker face

  • 9
    PHRASE (计划之事出乎意料地)告吹,砸锅,泡汤
    If something that you have planned blows up in your face, it goes wrong unexpectedly, with the result that you suffer.

    Can't you see this could blow up in your face?

    你难道看不出这事会砸锅?

  • 10
    PHRASE 徒劳拼命地干;徒劳无功
    If you say that someone can do something until they are blue in the face, you are emphasizing that however much they do it, it will not make any difference.

    You can criticise him until you're blue in the face, but you'll never change his personality.

    即使你苦口婆心地批评他,也改变不了他的个性。

  • 11
    PHRASE 面朝下/仰面
    If someone or something is face down, their face or front points downwards. If they are face up, their face or front points upwards.

    All the time Stephen was lying face down and unconscious in the bath tub...

    斯蒂芬一直脸朝下趴在浴缸里,不省人事。

  • 12
    PHRASE (表示强调或夸张)全世界
    You can use the expression 'on the face of the earth' to mean 'in the whole world', when you are emphasizing a statement that you are making or making a very exaggerated statement.

    No human being on the face of the earth could do anything worse than what he did.

    世界上再没有人能做出比他更坏的事情来。

  • 13
    PHRASE 绝迹;灭绝
    If you say that something will be wiped off the face of the earth or disappear from the face of the earth, you mean that it will stop existing.

    If a nuclear war breaks out, every living thing will be wiped off the face of the Earth.

    如果爆发核战争,地球上的所有生物都将灭绝。

  • 14
    PHRASE 面对面;直面
    If you come face to face with someone, you meet them and can talk to them or look at them directly.

    We were strolling into the town when we came face to face with Jacques DuBois...

    我们信步向镇子走去,迎面碰上雅克·杜波依斯。

  • 15
    PHRASE 面对,面临(困难或现实)
    If you come face to face with a difficulty or reality, you cannot avoid it and have to deal with it.

    Eventually, he came face to face with discrimination again...

    最终,他又一次遭遇歧视。

  • 16
    PHRASE 完全违背;与(公认的观念或规则)相冲突
    If an action or belief flies in the face of accepted ideas or rules, it seems to completely oppose or contradict them.

    ...scientific principles that seem to fly in the face of common sense...

    似乎有悖常识的科学原理

  • 17
    PREP-PHRASE 面对;在…面前
    If you take a particular action or attitude in the face of a problem or difficulty, you respond to that problem or difficulty in that way.

    The Prime Minister has called for national unity in the face of the violent anti-government protests...

    面对强烈的反政府抗议,首相呼吁全国团结一致。

  • 18
    PHRASE 公然嘲笑;公开蔑视
    If someone laughs in your face, they are openly disrespectful towards you.

    With juveniles under eighteen, there's little we can do. We can't keep them in custody. They just laugh in your face.

    对18岁以下的青少年,我们几乎无计可施。我们不能拘留他们。他们只会公然嘲笑你。

  • 19
    PHRASE 不高兴的神情;严肃的神情;板起的脸
    If you have a long face, you look very unhappy or serious.

    He came to me with a very long face.

    他拉长了脸来找我。

  • 20
    PHRASE 做鬼脸,扮鬼脸(英国英语中亦使用pull a face)
    If you make a face, you show a feeling such as dislike or disgust by putting an exaggerated expression on your face, for example by sticking out your tongue. In British English, you can also say pull a face .

    Opening the door, she made a face at the musty smell...

    她打开门后闻到一股难闻的霉味,不禁做了个鬼脸。

  • 21
    PHRASE 乍看起来;最初看来
    You say on the face of it when you are describing how something seems when it is first considered, in order to suggest that people's opinion may change when they know or think more about the subject.

    On the face of it that seems to make sense. But the figures don't add up...

    乍一看,似乎讲得通,但这些数字对不起来。

  • 22
    PHRASE (对坏情况)显得满不在乎,做出无所谓的样子(美国英语中亦作 put on a good face)
    If you put a brave face on a bad situation or put on a brave face, you try not to show how disappointed or upset you are about the situation. In American English you can also say put on a good face.

    Friends will see you are putting on a brave face and might assume you've got over your grief...

    朋友们看到你一脸轻松,也许会以为你已经走出悲伤。

  • 23
    PHRASE (尤指错误地)反对
    You can say that someone has set their face against something to indicate that they are opposed to it, especially when you want to suggest that they are wrong.

    This Government has set its face against putting up income tax.

    这届政府执意反对提高所得税。

  • 24
    PHRASE (不受欢迎地、不情愿地或再次)露面,到场
    If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.

    If she shows her face again back in Massachusetts she'll find a warrant for her arrest waiting...

    如果她重又在马萨诸塞州露面,等待她的将是一纸拘捕令。

  • 25
    PHRASE 强绷笑脸
    If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.

    What went through Tom's mind I can't imagine, but he did manage to keep a straight face...

    不知道汤姆想到了啥,但他确实忍住没笑。

  • 26
    PHRASE 当着…的面
    If you say something to someone's face you say it openly in their presence.

    Her opponent called her a liar to her face.

    她的对手当着她面说她是撒谎精。

  • 27
    PHRASE 脸上带着明显的…表情
    If a feeling is written all over your face or is written across your face, it is very obvious to other people from your expression.

    Relief and gratitude were written all over his face...

    他一脸释然与感激。

  • 28
    to shut the door in someone's face→ see:door

VERB AND PHRASAL VERB USES 动词和短语动词用法

  • 1
    VERB 面向;面对;朝着
    If someone or something faces a particular thing, person, or direction, they are positioned opposite them or are looking in that direction.

    They stood facing each other...

    他们面对面站着。

  • 2
    VERB 面对;面向
    If you face someone or something, you turn so that you are looking at them.

    She stood up from the table and faced him...

    她从桌前站起来,面对着他。

  • 3
    VERB (不得不)面对,正视
    If you have to face a person or group, you have to stand or sit in front of them and talk to them, although it may be difficult and unpleasant.

    Christie looked relaxed and calm as he faced the press...

    克里斯蒂面对记者,显得镇定自若。

  • 4
    VERB 面临;面对;摆在…面前
    If you face or are faced with something difficult or unpleasant, or if it faces you, it is going to affect you and you have to deal with it.

    Williams faces life in prison if convicted of attempted murder...

    如被判谋杀未遂,威廉斯将面临终身监禁。

  • 5
    VERB (使)直面,接受,正视(真理或事实等)
    If you face the truth or face the facts, you accept that something is true. If you face someone with the truth or with the facts, you try to make them accept that something is true.

    Although your heart is breaking, you must face the truth that a relationship has ended...

    虽然你伤透了心,但也必须面对现实,一段感情已结束了。

  • 6
    VERB 接受;容忍
    If you cannot face something, you do not feel able to do it because it seems so difficult or unpleasant.

    I couldn't face the prospect of spending a Saturday night there, so I decided to press on...

    想到周六晚上要在那儿度过我就受不了,于是我决定要抓紧。

  • 7
    PHRASE 让我们面对现实;承认(事实)吧
    You use the expression 'let's face it' when you are stating a fact or making a comment about something which you think the person you are talking to may find unpleasant or be unwilling to admit.

    She was always attracted to younger men. But, let's face it, who is not?

    她总是会被较年轻的男人吸引。不过,说实话,谁又不是呢?

  • 8
    face the music→ see:music

  1. Most people 's faces are asymmetric .

    大多数人的脸不对称。

  2. The children 's faces are badly out of focus in the photograph .

    照片上孩子们的脸模糊不清。

  3. Young people today face a very difficult future at work .

    如今的年轻人面临着充满困难的工作前景。

  4. Make sure you get a good look at their faces .

    你一定要仔细看清他们的面孔。

  5. You shouldn 't take anything she says at face value .

    她的话你绝对不能只看表面。

  6. His face was a study in concentration .

    他脸上完全是一副全神贯注的表情。

  7. Are you still working for what 's her face ?

    你还在为那个叫什么的女人干活?

  8. You should have seen her face when she found out !

    你真该看看她发现事情真相时脸上的表情!

  9. You could see from his face that he was lying .

    从他的表情上你可以看出他在说假话。

  10. This was science with a human face .

    这是大众需要的科学。

  11. I just can 't face work today .

    我今天就是没法工作。

  12. On the face of it , it seems like a great deal .

    表面上看来好像很多。

  13. I 'll never be able to look her in the face again !

    我再也不能坦然地面对她了!

  14. His face took on a set expression .

    他脸上现出凝滞的神态。

  15. Let 's face it , we 're not going to win .

    我们得承认,我们赢不了啦。

  16. Taken at face value , the figures look very encouraging .

    若只看表面,数字很令人鼓舞。

  17. Most students face the problem of funding themselves while they are studying .

    大多数学生在求学期间都会面临经济来源的问题。

  18. Her father had set his face against the marriage .

    她的父亲坚决反对这门亲事。

  19. He is the human face of party politics .

    他是政党政治的标志性人物。

  20. The harsh light showed up the lines on her face .

    在耀眼的光线下,她脸上的皱纹清晰可见。

  21. She stayed at home , afraid to show her face .

    她待在家里,不敢露面。

  22. It 's nice to see some new faces here this evening .

    今晚在这儿见到一些新面孔真是太好了。

  23. The expression on his face never changed .

    他的面部表情总是一成不变。

  24. The company faces major challenges over the course of the next few years .

    这家公司今后几年将面临重大的挑战。

  25. She had to face the fact that her life had changed forever .

    她得正视她的生活已永远改变了这一事实。

  26. It 's time to face the final curtain .

    人生的戏该落幕了。

  27. I could tell something was up by the looks on their faces .

    从他们的脸色我就知道出事了。

  28. We won the contract in the face of stiff competition .

    面对激烈的竞争,我们赢得了这项合同。

  29. His face was deep in shadow , turned away from her .

    他扭过头去背着她,脸冲着暗处。

  30. Face facts ─ she isn 't coming back .

    面对现实吧——她不会回来了。