n.
- 脸，面孔[C]
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His
face is thin and very tanned.
他的面孔瘦削，晒得黑黑的。
- 面容，表情[C]
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Hilary's
face became very grave.
希拉里的面容变得非常严峻。
- 表面；前面；正面[C]
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He laid the cards
face down on the table.
他将纸牌正面朝下放在桌上。
- 【矿】采掘面，工作面[C]
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The miners worked at the
face eight hours a day.
矿工们在采掘面上每天工作八小时。
- 面子，尊严；威信[U]
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They hushed up the scandal in an effort to save
face.
他们掩盖了丑闻以图保全面子。
- 自信；厚颜[U]
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How could she have the
face to say that?
她怎么好意思说这话？
- 【印】铅字面；膜面；（版）面
vt.
- 面向；正对；使面对
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The building
faces the big river.
这房子面向着大河。
He turned and
faced her.
他转过身来面对她。
- 面临；勇敢地对付；正视
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Face the facts, sir!
正视事实吧，先生！
Lack of funds is the main difficulty that
faces them.
他们面临的最大困难是资金不足。
- 在……上涂以；覆盖[H][（+with）]
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The front of the house was
faced with concrete.
房屋正面涂着一层混凝土。
vi.
- 朝；向[Q]
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Their house
faces east.
他们的房子朝东。
短语
a face as long as a fiddle
- 板着脸
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He came back with
a face as long as a fiddle.
他板着脸回来了。
face sth. out
- 把某事坚持到底
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He was determined to
face it out.
他决心把这事坚持到底。
face to face
- 面对面地
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They will debate
face to face.
他们将当面进行辩论。
face up to
- 勇敢地对付；面对事实
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He had to
face up to the fact that his family disapproved of his wife.
他必须面对家人不赞同婚事的事实。
He
faced up to his difficulties manfully.
他以男子汉的气概勇敢地面对困难。
face value
- 字面意义，表面价值
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Mary took his stories at
face value and did not know he was joking.
玛丽对他的陈述信以为真，却不知道他是在开玩笑。
- 面额，票面价值
fly in the face of
- 悍然不顾
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He has always
flown in the face of custom.
他一向公然违抗习俗。
have the face
- 厚颜
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I don't know how you
have the face to do such a thing.
我真不知道你怎么能如此厚颜，做出这种事来。
in the face of
- 面对
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They showed courage
in the face of danger.
面对危险他们表现出了勇气。
- 纵然
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He succeeded
in the face of great opposition.
尽管遭到许多反对，他还是成功了。
keep a straight face
- 板着面孔
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They couldn't
keep a straight face.
他们没法不笑出来。
laugh in sb.'s face
- 当面嘲笑某人
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He'll only
laugh in your face.
他只会当面嘲笑你。
look sb. in the face
- 直视某人
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I was so ashamed that I could not
look him in the face.
我羞愧难当，不敢正视他。
lose face
- 丢脸
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He said that he would never do it, because to do so would be to
lose face.
他说他决不会做这种事，因为这么做会很丢脸。
make/pull a face
- 做鬼脸
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He
made a face at the taste of the soup.
尝了尝汤的味道，他做了一个鬼脸。
on the face of it
- 从表面判断
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On the face of it, it seems quite reasonable.
从表面看，这似乎很合理。
pull/wear a long face
- 愁眉苦脸
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The children
pulled a long face.
孩子们一个个都哭丧着脸。
put a bold/good face on sth.
- 对某事装作满不在乎
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He tried to
put a bold face on his failure.
他对自己的失败装出一副满不在乎的样子。
set one's face against
- 坚决反对
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If she has once
set her face against a thing, nothing will persuade her to change her mind.
她要是一旦不赞同某事，那就怎么也没法劝她改变主意了。
show one's face
- 露面
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She never
showed her face again.
她再也没有露过面。
to sb.'s face
- 当面
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I'll tell her so
to her face.
我要当面跟她这么说。
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’.
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