简单释义：

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v. 面对；对抗；处理；使…无法回避

网络 面临；使面临；遭遇

变形：

过去分词：confronted  现在分词：confronting  第三人称单数：confronts  

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完整释义：

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v.

1.面对,面临
2.面对;在…的正对面;勇敢正视;对付(危险等)
3.使面临;使对质,使对证
4.遭遇,同…打照面;让…照照面
5.对质,和…对质
6.对付;抗争
7.对照,使对比
8.(困难等)横阻在…的面前
9.威胁
10.摆在…面前

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例句：

1. They may not even want to confront those weaknesses in private (though this motive is often less acknowledged).
   他们甚至私底下都不愿承认自己的缺点（虽然经常难以认同其动机）。

2. I spoke about the "little ones" . Assuredly there are also the "great" . . . The great Jews do not need me to confront their God.
   我谈到我周围的「这些小人物」。确实，他们也是「大人物」。伟大的犹太人并不需要我来跟他们的上帝，当面对质。

3. Tell someone. Bring it out into the light of day. Shame is debilitating. Confront it head on by telling someone what you did.
   告诉给别人。吐露出来。羞愧令人…弱化。告诉给别人你曾做过了什么来直面面对它。

4. The White House is starting to confront the "hard choices" that come from trying to pare down America's commitments overseas.
   白宫开始面对放弃美国在海外的承诺的“艰难抉择”。

5. Hollinghurst knew he would one day have to confront the subject, but wanted to do so on his own terms.
   霍林赫斯特知道自己终有一天会面对这个主题，但他希望以自己的方式来描述它。

6. Speaking at an air force base in Alaska this week, Mr Bush reiterated his view that America has no choice but to confront them.
   本周在阿拉斯加某空军基地讲话时，布什重申了自己的观点：美国除了面对他们，别无选择。

7. He no longer snapped awake in the quiet hours, forced to confront, all over again, the fact that he had no sensation from the neck down.
   他不会再从安宁的睡眠中突然惊醒而努力强迫自己去面对他从颈部以下失去知觉的现实。

8. If he wants to quit his day job and pursue music full time, he's going to have to confront that aching question: to sell or not to sell?
   如果他想要放弃别的工作而全身心地投入音乐中去，他必须面对这个折磨人的问题：大卖与否？