单词 | face |
释义 | face feɪs feɪs Word forms: plural faces
NOUN USES 名词用法1 N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN] 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. 脸;面孔
SYN countenance, features, clock [British , slang] , kisser [slang] 2 N-COUNT [adjective NOUN] 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. 面容;神色;神情
SYN expression, look, air, appearance 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. 崖面;山侧;(建筑物的)墙面
SYN side, front, cover, outside 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. 钟面;表盘 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. (地区、机构或活动领域的)外观,面貌
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. (活动,信仰、制度等的)方面
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. 面子;脸面
8 See also: about-face face value poker face 9 PHRASE [VERB inflects] (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. (计划之事出乎意料地)告吹,砸锅,泡汤
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. 徒劳拼命地干;徒劳无功 [emphasis]
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. 面朝下/仰面
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. (表示强调或夸张)全世界 [emphasis]
13 PHRASE [PHRASE after verb] 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. 绝迹;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. 面对面;直面
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. 面对,面临(困难或现实)
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. 完全违背;与(公认的观念或规则)相冲突
SYN defy, oppose, disregard, go against 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. 面对;在…面前
18 PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect] 公然嘲笑;公开蔑视 If someone laughs in your face, they are openly disrespectful towards you. 公然嘲笑;公开蔑视
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. 不高兴的神情;严肃的神情;板起的脸
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 . 做鬼脸,扮鬼脸(英国英语中亦使用pull a face)
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. 乍看起来;最初看来
SYN to all appearances, apparently, seemingly, outwardly 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. (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)
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. (尤指错误地)反对 [mainly British]
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. (不受欢迎地、不情愿地或再次)露面,到场
SYN turn up, come, appear, be seen 25 PHRASE 强绷笑脸 If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh. 强绷笑脸
26 PHRASE 当着…的面 If you say something to someone's face you say it openly in their presence. 当着…的面
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. 脸上带着明显的…表情
28 to shut the door in someone's face→see: door to have egg on your face→see: egg to cut off your nose to spite your face→see: nose shut your face→see: shut a slap in the face→see: slap Quotations The face is the image of the soul Cicero De Oratore The face is the soul of the body Ludwig Wittgenstein Journal I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that Lauren Bacall At 50, everyone has the face he deserves George Orwell last entry in notebook Was this the face that launched a thousand ships And burnt the topless towers of Ilium? Christopher Marlowe Doctor Faustus Trends of face View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years 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. 面向;面对;朝着
SYN look onto, overlook, be opposite, look out on 2 VERB 面对;面向 If you face someone or something, you turn so that you are looking at them. 面对;面向
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. (不得不)面对,正视
SYN confront, meet, encounter, deal with 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. 面临;面对;摆在…面前
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. (使)直面,接受,正视(真理或事实等)
Face up to means the same as face .face up to 同 face
6 VERB [with neg] 接受;容忍 If you cannot face something, you do not feel able to do it because it seems so difficult or unpleasant. 接受;容忍
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. 让我们面对现实;承认(事实)吧
8 face the music→see: music
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