face英 [feɪs]　美 [fes]　

第三人称单数：faces 第三人称复数：faces 现在分词：facing 过去分词：faced 过去式：faced

face 基本解释

名词 脸; 表面; 面容; 方面

及物/不及物动词 面对; 面向…; 正视; 承认

及物动词 （感到不能）对付; （明知不好办而）交谈; 必须对付（某情况）; 面临…

face 同义词

动词 meet oppose look encounter confront brave

名词 countenance look expression

face 反义词

名词 back

face 相关词组

1. on the face of it : 从表面判断, 乍看起来；

2. face down : 压倒, 降服；

3. face to face : 面对面；

4. face up to : 勇敢地面对；

5. in the face of : 面对；

6. show one's face : 露面, 到场；

7. save one's face : 顾全面子；

face 相关例句

及物动词

1. My house faces the park.
    我的房子面对公园。

2. The front of the house was faced with concrete.

    房屋正面涂着一层混凝土。

不及物动词

1. Their house faces east.

    他们的房子朝东。

名词

1. His face was sad.

    他面带悲伤。

2. 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。

face 情景对话

经典对话

A：I'm a photographer. I've been looking for a face like yours.
      我是摄影师。我一直在寻找一张像你这样的脸。

B：I'm a plastic surgeon. I've been looking for a face like yours.
      我是整形外科医生。我也一直在寻找一张像你这样的脸。

男士剪发

A：Good afternoon, sir. Please sit here.
      下午好，先生。请您坐这儿。

B：A haircut and a shave, please.

      请给我理发和修面。

A：How would you like your hair cut, sir?

      先生，您喜欢什么发式？

B：Short on both sides. Not so much off at the back.

      两边剪短些，后面少剪点儿。

A：Very well, sir. Do you want me to trim your beard?

      好的，先生。要不要修一下胡子？

B：Yes, please.
      要的。

A：Now have a look, please. Is it all right?

      现在请您看看理得怎么样？

B：Well, I would like my hair cut shorter on the temples.

      两边的鬓角请再剪短一点儿。

A：Is that satisfactory?
      可以了吗？

B：Yes, thanks.

      好了，谢谢。

A：Do you want conditioner?
      您搽护发剂吗？

B：No, thanks, but I'd like a face massage.

      谢谢，不必了。但你可以给我按摩一下脸部。

A：Yes, sir.
      是，先生。

B：Now where should I pay the money?

      现在我该到哪儿付款呢？

A：You should go to the counter, just over there.
      到结帐台，就在那边。

face 词典解释

名词用法（NOUN USES）

1. 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.

    e.g. He rolled down his window and stuck his face out...
           他摇下车窗，把头探了出去。
    e.g. A strong wind was blowing right in my face...
           一阵劲风迎面吹来。

2. 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.

    e.g. He was walking around with a sad face...
           他四处走着，神色哀伤。
    e.g. The priest frowned into the light, his face puzzled.
           神父在亮光下皱起了眉头，一脸疑惑。

3. 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.

    e.g. ...the north face of the Eiger...
           艾格尔山北坡
    e.g. He scrambled 200 feet up the cliff face.
           他沿着崖面向上攀登了200英尺。

4. 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.

5. (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.

    e.g. ...the changing face of the British countryside...
           英国乡村的日新月异
    e.g. This would change the face of Malaysian politics.
           这将改变马来西亚的政治面貌。

6. (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.

    e.g. Brothels, she insists, are the acceptable face of prostitution...

           她坚持认为，妓院是卖淫可为人接受的一种形式。
    e.g. Who ever thought people would see Arsenal as the acceptable face of football?
           谁会想到人们会认为足球之道可如阿森纳队呢？

7. 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.

    e.g. England doesn't want a war but it doesn't want to lose face...
           英格兰不想打仗，但也不想丢面子。
    e.g. To cancel the airport would mean a loss of face for the present governor...
           撤销机场对现任州长来说将是件丢脸的事情。

8. see also: about-face;face value;poker face

9. (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.

    e.g. Can't you see this could blow up in your face?
           你难道看不出这事会砸锅？

10. 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.

    e.g. You can criticise him until you're blue in the face, but you'll never change his personality.

           即使你苦口婆心地批评他，也改变不了他的个性。

11. 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.

      e.g. All the time Stephen was lying face down and unconscious in the bath tub...
             斯蒂芬一直脸朝下趴在浴缸里，不省人事。
      e.g. Charles laid down his cards face up.
             查尔斯将手中的牌摊了出来。

12. (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.

      e.g. No human being on the face of the earth could do anything worse than what he did.

             世界上再没有人能做出比他更坏的事情来。

13. 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.

      e.g. If a nuclear war breaks out, every living thing will be wiped off the face of the Earth.
             如果爆发核战争，地球上的所有生物都将灭绝。

14. 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.

      e.g. We were strolling into the town when we came face to face with Jacques DuBois...
             我们信步向镇子走去，迎面碰上雅克·杜波依斯。
      e.g. It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two men.
             这是两人首次当面会晤。

15. 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.

      e.g. Eventually, he came face to face with discrimination again...
             最终，他又一次遭遇歧视。
      e.g. I was gradually being brought face to face with the fact that I had very little success.
             我渐渐开始面对这个事实，那就是我几乎一事无成。

16. 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.

      e.g. ...scientific principles that seem to fly in the face of common sense...
             似乎有悖常识的科学原理
      e.g. He said that the decision flew in the face of natural justice.
             他说这个决定有悖天理。

17. 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.

      e.g. The Prime Minister has called for national unity in the face of the violent anti-government protests...
             面对强烈的反政府抗议，首相呼吁全国团结一致。
      e.g. Roosevelt was defiant in the face of the bad news.
             对这个坏消息，罗斯福毫不理会。

18. 公然嘲笑;公开蔑视
      If someone laughs in your face, they are openly disrespectful towards you.

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      e.g. With juveniles under eighteen, there's little we can do. We can't keep them in custody. They just laugh in your face.
             对18岁以下的青少年，我们几乎无计可施。我们不能拘留他们。他们只会公然嘲笑你。

19. 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.

      e.g. He came to me with a very long face.
             他拉长了脸来找我。

20. 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 .

      e.g. Opening the door, she made a face at the musty smell...
             她打开门后闻到一股难闻的霉味，不禁做了个鬼脸。
      e.g. Kathryn pulled a face at Thomas behind his back.
             凯瑟琳在托马斯身后冲他做了个鬼脸。

21. 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.

face的意思

      e.g. On the face of it that seems to make sense. But the figures don't add up...
             乍一看,似乎讲得通，但这些数字对不起来。
      e.g. It is, on the face of it, difficult to see how the West could radically change its position.
             初看起来，很难理解西方为何会立场突变。

22. （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.

      e.g. Friends will see you are putting on a brave face and might assume you've got over your grief...
             朋友们看到你一脸轻松，也许会以为你已经走出悲伤。
      e.g. Scientists are putting a good face on the troubles.
             科学家们对这些困难似乎不以为意。

23. (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.

      e.g. This Government has set its face against putting up income tax.
             这届政府执意反对提高所得税。

24. (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.

      e.g. If she shows her face again back in Massachusetts she'll find a warrant for her arrest waiting...
             如果她重又在马萨诸塞州露面，等待她的将是一纸拘捕令。
      e.g. I felt I ought to show my face at her father's funeral.
             我觉得我应该去参加她父亲的葬礼。

25. 强绷笑脸
      If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.

      e.g. What went through Tom's mind I can't imagine, but he did manage to keep a straight face...
             不知道汤姆想到了啥，但他确实忍住没笑。
      e.g. You have to wonder how anyone could say that seriously and with a straight face.
             你一定会惊奇怎么会有人能绷着脸、一本正经地说出那些话。

26. 当着…的面
      If you say something to someone's face you say it openly in their presence.

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      e.g. Her opponent called her a liar to her face.
             她的对手当着她面说她是撒谎精。

27. 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.

      e.g. Relief and gratitude were written all over his face...
             他一脸释然与感激。
      e.g. I could just see the pain written across her face.
             我都可以看出他脸上写满了痛苦。

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

动词和短语动词用法（VERB AND PHRASAL VERB USES）

1. 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.

    e.g. They stood facing each other...

           他们面对面站着。
    e.g. The garden faces south.
           花园朝南。

2. 面对;面向
    If you face someone or something, you turn so that you are looking at them.

    e.g. She stood up from the table and faced him...

           她从桌前站起来，面对着他。
    e.g. Stand up. Face the wall.
           起立，面向墙壁。

3. (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.

    e.g. Christie looked relaxed and calm as he faced the press...
           克里斯蒂面对记者，显得镇定自若。
    e.g. He was hauled in to face the judge.
           他被带了进来，面对法官。

4. 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.

    e.g. Williams faces life in prison if convicted of attempted murder...
           如被判谋杀未遂，威廉斯将面临终身监禁。
    e.g. The immense difficulties facing European businessmen in Russia were only too evident...
           在俄罗斯的欧洲商人所面临的巨大困难是显而易见的。

5. (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.

    e.g. Although your heart is breaking, you must face the truth that a relationship has ended...
           虽然你伤透了心，但也必须面对现实，一段感情已结束了。
    e.g. He accused the Government of refusing to face facts about the economy...
           他指责政府不能在经济问题上面对现实。

6. 接受;容忍
    If you cannot face something, you do not feel able to do it because it seems so difficult or unpleasant.

    e.g. I couldn't face the prospect of spending a Saturday night there, so I decided to press on...
           想到周六晚上要在那儿度过我就受不了，于是我决定要抓紧。
    e.g. My children want me with them for Christmas Day, but I can't face it...
           我的孩子们想要我跟他们一起过圣诞节，但我办不到。

7. 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.

    e.g. She was always attracted to younger men. But, let's face it, who is not?

           她总是会被较年轻的男人吸引。不过，说实话，谁又不是呢？

8. face the music -> see music

相关词组：face down face up to

face 单语例句

face的近义词

1. The company is also likely too busy figuring out how to maintain its growth in face of global economic recession to be contemplating such moves.

2. They are required by law to act in the financial interests of stockholders, and could face a suit from Glazer if they block the bid.

3. Super Geezer laughs at the mountain and grinds out his cigarette butt in its face.

4. Both countries face protectionist sentiments and pressure to " buy national ", too.

5. Once the Chinese government decides firmly to act in the face of a looming crisis, it does and does so successfully.

6. Policymakers don't face the trouble of buying tickets themselves, although common citizens will have to carry their ID cards every day.

7. Experts said the online buzz surrounding the holiday reflects growing pressure that young people face in a time of rapid urbanization.

8. " I won by a hair but I just couldn't face losing, " Ishikawa said at Miyoshi Country Club.

9. He is now in a stable condition but is still battling infections caused by dying tissue developing on his face and nose.

10. The four men face preliminary charges of attempting to carry out an act of terrorism.

face 英英释义

noun

1. a vertical surface of a building or cliff

2. the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)

    e.g. he dealt the cards face down

3. the striking or working surface of an implement

4. the general outward appearance of something

    e.g. the face of the city is changing

5. the feelings expressed on a person's face

    e.g. a sad expression
           a look of triumph
           an angry face

    Synonym: expression look aspect facial expression

6. impudent aggressiveness

    e.g. I couldn't believe her boldness
           he had the effrontery to question my honesty

    Synonym: boldness nerve brass cheek

7. status in the eyes of others

    e.g. he lost face

8. the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

    e.g. he washed his face
           I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news

    Synonym: human face

9. the part of an animal corresponding to the human face

10. a specific size and style of type within a type family

    Synonym: font fount typeface case

11. a contorted facial expression

      e.g. she made a grimace at the prospect

      Synonym: grimace

12. a surface forming part of the outside of an object

      e.g. he examined all sides of the crystal
             dew dripped from the face of the leaf

      Synonym: side

13. a part of a person that is used to refer to a person

      e.g. he looked out at a roomful of faces
             when he returned to work he met many new faces

verb

1. deal with (something unpleasant) head on

    e.g. You must confront your problems
           He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes

    Synonym: confront face up

2. present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

    e.g. We confronted him with the evidence
           He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions
           An enormous dilemma faces us

    Synonym: confront present

3. oppose, as in hostility or a competition

    e.g. You must confront your opponent
           Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring
           The two enemies finally confronted each other

    Synonym: confront

4. cover the front or surface of

    e.g. The building was faced with beautiful stones

5. line the edge (of a garment) with a different material

    e.g. face the lapels of the jacket

6. turn so as to face
    turn the face in a certain direction

    e.g. Turn and face your partner now

7. turn so as to expose the face

    e.g. face a playing card

8. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point
    be opposite to

    e.g. The house looks north
           My backyard look onto the pond
           The building faces the park

    Synonym: front look

9. be opposite

    e.g. the facing page
           the two sofas face each other