单词详解

1. n.

A. 脸，面孔 (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

His face is thin. 他的面孔瘦瘦的。

B. 面容，表情 (the expression on a person's face)

His face became very grave. 他的面容变得非常严峻。

C. 表面，前面，正面 (the side upon which the use of a thing depends)

He laid the book face down on the table. 他将书正面朝下放在桌上。

D. 面子，尊严，威信 (status in the eyes of others)

I did all this just to save face. 我这样做只是为了保全面子。

2. vt.

面向，正对，使 面对 (deal with (something unpleasant) head on)

Face the facts, sir! 勇敢地面对事实吧，先生！

3. vi.

朝，向 (be oriented in a certain direction)

Their house faces south. 他们的房子朝南。

 

相关词组

1. face to face 面对面；直接交流

They talked about it face to face. 对于这件事，他们进行了面对面的交流。

2. in (the) face of 断然不顾；不管

She showed great bravery in face of danger. 面对危险，她表现得十分勇敢。

3. on the face of it 从表面上判断；显然

On the face of it, the problem seems not to be serious. 单从表面上判断，这个问题好像不大。

4. show (one's) face 出面，露脸

Don't show your face on my future again. 别再出面干涉我的未来。

5. to one's face 当面：在视力或听力所及的范围

No one dares to say that to his face. 没人敢当着他的面说这样的话。

6. save face 保全面子；避免羞辱

I did all this just to save face. 我这样做只是为了保全面子。

7. make a face (或faces) 做鬼脸

The boy made a face at his teacher's back. 那个男孩对着老师的后背做了个鬼脸。

 

相关单词

近义词：appearance

反义词：back

形容词：faceable

过去式：faced

过去分词：faced

现在分词：facing

第三人称单数：faces

复数：faces

 

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词语辨析：face, brave, dare

 

face, brave, dare

几个单词都可以表示“敢”。

face : 为实义动词，意为“勇敢地面对”。

brave: 为形容词，意为“勇敢的”。

dare: 即可作实义动词，又可作情态动词，意为“敢于做”

 

词语详解

1. face: 为实义动词，意为“勇敢地面对”。

We should face difficulties and solve them. 我们应该面对困难并解决它们。

2. brave: 为形容词，意为“勇敢的”。

I think you are very brave. 我认为你非常勇敢。

3. dare: 即可作实义动词，又可作情态动词，意为“敢于做”

How dare you say such a thing? 你怎敢说出这样的话？