n.
- 臉，面孔[C]
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His
face is thin and very tanned.
他的面孔瘦削，曬得黑黑的。
- 面容，表情[C]
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Hilary's
face became very grave.
希拉蕊的面容變得非常嚴峻。
- 表面；前面；正面[C]
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He laid the cards
face down on the table.
他將紙牌正面朝下放在桌上。
- 【礦】採掘面，工作面[C]
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The miners worked at the
face eight hours a day.
礦工們在採掘面上每天工作八小時。
- 面子，尊嚴；威信[U]
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They hushed up the scandal in an effort to save
face.
他們掩蓋了醜聞以圖保全面子。
- 自信；厚顏[U]
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How could she have the
face to say that?
她怎麼好意思說這話？
- 【印】鉛字面；膜面；（版）面
vt.
- 面向；正對；使面對
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The building
faces the big river.
這房子面向著大河。
He turned and
faced her.
他轉過身來面對她。
- 面臨；勇敢地對付；正視
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Face the facts, sir!
正視事實吧，先生！
Lack of funds is the main difficulty that
faces them.
他們面臨的最大困難是資金不足。
- 在……上塗以；覆蓋[H][（+with）]
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The front of the house was
faced with concrete.
房屋正面塗著一層混凝土。
vi.
- 朝；向[Q]
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Their house
faces east.
他們的房子朝東。
片語
a face as long as a fiddle
- 板著臉
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He came back with
a face as long as a fiddle.
他板著臉回來了。
face sth. out
- 把某事堅持到底
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He was determined to
face it out.
他決心把這事堅持到底。
face to face
- 面對面地
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They will debate
face to face.
他們將當面進行辯論。
face up to
- 勇敢地對付；面對事實
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He had to
face up to the fact that his family disapproved of his wife.
他必須面對家人不贊同婚事的事實。
He
faced up to his difficulties manfully.
他以男子漢的氣概勇敢地面對困難。
face value
- 字面意義，表面價值
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Mary took his stories at
face value and did not know he was joking.
瑪麗對他的陳述信以為真，卻不知道他是在開玩笑。
- 面額，票面價值
fly in the face of
- 悍然不顧
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He has always
flown in the face of custom.
他一向公然違抗習俗。
have the face
- 厚顏
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I don't know how you
have the face to do such a thing.
我真不知道你怎麼能如此厚顏，做出這種事來。
in the face of
- 面對
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They showed courage
in the face of danger.
面對危險他們表現出了勇氣。
- 縱然
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He succeeded
in the face of great opposition.
儘管遭到許多反對，他還是成功了。
keep a straight face
- 板著面孔
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They couldn't
keep a straight face.
他們沒法不笑出來。
laugh in sb.'s face
- 當面嘲笑某人
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He'll only
laugh in your face.
他只會當面嘲笑你。
look sb. in the face
- 直視某人
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I was so ashamed that I could not
look him in the face.
我羞愧難當，不敢正視他。
lose face
- 丟臉
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He said that he would never do it, because to do so would be to
lose face.
他說他絕不會做這種事，因為這麼做會很丟臉。
make/pull a face
- 做鬼臉
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He
made a face at the taste of the soup.
嚐了嚐湯的味道，他做了一個鬼臉。
on the face of it
- 從表面判斷
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On the face of it, it seems quite reasonable.
從表面看，這似乎很合理。
pull/wear a long face
- 愁眉苦臉
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The children
pulled a long face.
孩子們一個個都哭喪著臉。
put a bold/good face on sth.
- 對某事裝作滿不在乎
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He tried to
put a bold face on his failure.
他對自己的失敗裝出一副滿不在乎的樣子。
set one's face against
- 堅決反對
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If she has once
set her face against a thing, nothing will persuade her to change her mind.
她要是一旦不贊同某事，那就怎麼也沒法勸她改變主意了。
show one's face
- 露面
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She never
showed her face again.
她再也沒有露過面。
to sb.'s face
- 當面
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I'll tell her so
to her face.
我要當面跟她這麼說。
save sb.'s face
- 保全面子
辨析
n.
- the front part of a person's head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in an animal.
▸an aspect:
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the unacceptable face of social drinking.
- an expression on someone's face.
- the surface of a thing, especially one that is presented to the view or has a particular function.
▸Geometry each of the surfaces of a solid.
▸a vertical or sloping side of a mountain or cliff.
- a particular type of person:
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Fred was a trusted and familiar face.
v.
- be positioned with the face or front towards or in a specified direction.
- confront and deal with.
▸have (a difficult situation) in prospect.
▸
(face off)
chiefly N. Amer. take up an attitude of confrontation, especially at the start of a fight or game.
-
(usu. be faced with)
cover the surface of (something) with a layer of a different material.
Phrase
- someone's face fits
Brit. someone has the necessary qualities for something. - face the music
be confronted with the unpleasant consequences of one's actions. - face to face
close together and looking directly at one another. - in
(the)
face of
when confronted with. ▸despite.
- lose
(or save)
face
incur (or avoid) humiliation. - on the face of it
apparently. - set one's face against
resist with determination. - to one's face
openly in one's presence.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr., based on L. facies ‘form, appearance, face’.
