confront

meet, encounter, confront, face, contact

动词 confront:

1. oppose, as in hostility or a competition
   同义词：face
2. deal with (something unpleasant) head on
   同义词：face up, face
3. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
   同义词：face, present
4. be face to face with

1. He swung round to confront his accusers.
   他突然转过身来面对著那些指控他的人。
2. A soldier often has to confront danger.
   士兵常常要身临险境。
3. They confronted the prisoner with his accusers.
   他们让犯人与原告对质。
4. Confronted by an angry crowd the police retreated.
   警察面对愤怒的人群只好后撤了。

con.front

v.（动词）
con.front.ed,con.front.ing,con.fronts
v.tr.（及物动词）
To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility:
面对：与…面对面的，尤指带有挑衅性或敌对性的：
例句：
I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law.
我希望和控告我的人当庭对质

To bring face to face with:
使面对面：
例句：
The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt.
被告被传来面对他确凿的罪证

To come up against; encounter:
碰到；遇到：
例句：
confronted danger at every turn.
抵抗时时会发生的危险

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To engage in confrontation:
进行反抗：
例句：
.She got no child support.[She] didn`t argue or confront. (Gail Sheehy)
.她没有得到孩子的抚养费。 既未争辩也没有反抗. (盖尔·希伊)

来源：
French confronter
法语 confronter
from Old French [to adjoin]
源自 古法语 [贴近]
from Medieval Latin cônfront3re
源自 中世纪拉丁语 cônfront3re
Latin com- [com-]
拉丁语 com- [前缀，表.和.]
Latin frôns front- [front]
拉丁语 frôns front- [前面的]

【引伸】
confront.er
n.（名词）
confront.ment
n.（名词）