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nounverb a pretty/round/freckled face漂亮的／圆的／有雀斑的面孔 He buried his face in his hands. 他双手掩面。 You should have seen the look on her face when I told her! 我告诉她的时候你真该看到她的脸色！ The expression on his face never changed. 他的面部表情总是一成不变。 At that time, her face was on the covers of all the magazines. a sad/happy/smiling face悲哀／幸福的面容；笑脸 Her face lit up (= showed happiness) when she spoke of the past. 她讲到往事时就面露喜色。 His face fell (= showed disappointment, sadness, etc.) when he read the headlines. 他读大标题时脸沉了下来。 Sue's face was a picture (= she looked very surprised, angry, etc.) as she listened to her husband's speech. 休听她丈夫讲话时，脸上露出又惊又气的表情。 pale-faced面色苍白的 grim-faced表情严肃的 She looked around for a familiar face. 她环顾四周想找个熟人。 a well-known face on our television screens电视屏幕上的一位名人 It's nice to see some new faces here this evening. 今晚在这儿见到一些新面孔真是太好了。 I'm fed up of seeing the same old faces every time we go out! 每次参加社交活动都只见到那些旧面孔，我都腻了。 the north face of the mountain山的北坡 The birds build their nests in the rock face. 这些鸟在岩壁上筑巢。 Ivy covered the front face of the house. How many faces does a cube have? 立方体有几个面？ the changing face of Britain大不列颠变化中的特征 the unacceptable face of capitalism资本主义不可接受的方面 The answer was staring us in the face. 答案明摆在我们面前。 Defeat was staring them in the face. 他们必遭失败。 They were staring defeat in the face. 对他们来说，失败不可避免。 Guilt was written all over his face. 他满脸愧疚。 Keep looking—they can't just have vanished off the face of the earth. 继续找，他们不可能就从此消失得无影无踪的。 You can argue till you're blue in the face, but you won't change my mind. 你可以费尽口舌，但改变不了我的主意。 It doesn't matter how well qualified you are, if your face doesn't fit, you don't stand a chance. 资历多好也没用，如果人家看你不顺眼，你就不会有机会。 The two have never met face to face before. 两个人过去从未见过面。 The room fell silent as she came face to face with the man who had tried to kill her. She was at an early age brought face to face with the horrors of war. 她年幼时就面临战争的恐怖。 She lay face down on the bed. 她俯卧在床上。 Place the card face up on the pile. 把纸牌正面朝上放在这一叠的上面。 His next television venture fell flat on its face. 他的下一个电视项目丢人现眼，彻底失败了。 Such a proposal is flying in the face of common sense. 这个建议违反常识。 They were left with egg on their faces when only ten people showed up. 只有十人到场，他们感到很丢面子。 I don't know how you have the face to complain after everything they've done for you! She showed great courage in the face of danger. 面对危险她表现出了巨大的勇气。 The campaign continued in the face of great opposition. He was unable to deny the charges in the face of new evidence. 面对新的证据，他无法否认这些指控。 He’ll be laughing on the other side of his face when he reads my letter. He took one look at her long face and said ‘What’s wrong?’ Can you look me in the eye and tell me you're not lying? 你能问心无愧地看着我说你没撒谎吗？ I'll never be able to look her in the face again! 我再也不能坦然地面对她了！ ‘I didn't know you could play the piano.’ ‘I'm not just a pretty face, you know!’ “我不知道你还会弹钢琴呢。” “我可不止是脸蛋儿漂亮，对吧！” On the face of it, it seems like a great deal. 表面上看来好像很多。 What may, on the face of it, seem obvious often turns out to be far more complicated. What are you pulling a face at now? 你干吗板着脸？ Do you think it’s funny to make faces behind my back? I had to put on a brave face and try to show him that I wasn’t worried. She put a brave face on her illness. She was fired, but she saved face by telling everyone she'd resigned. 她被解雇了，但她爱面子，逢人便说是她辞职了。 Her father had set his face against the marriage. 她的父亲坚决反对这门亲事。 She stayed at home, afraid to show her face. 她待在家里，不敢露面。 He’s a liar, and I’ve told him so to his face many times. Are you still working for what's her face? 你还在为那个叫什么的女人干活？ She looked up with a puzzled frown.她抬起头来，困惑地皱着眉头。 He gave me an icy glare.他冷冰冰地怒视着我。 a grimace of pain痛得扭曲的脸 A face peered around the door at him. A wry smile crossed his face. From the stage, he looked down at a sea of faces. He has become the public face of the company. He searched her face for some clue as to what she meant. He tilted her face up to his. Her face betrayed no emotion at all. Her face broke into a wide smile. Her face contorted in pain. Her face crumpled and she started crying. Her face darkened with anger. Her face paled with fright. Her face suddenly grew serious. Her face was flushed after her run. Her little face lit up when I gave her the present. Her short hair suited her elfin face. His eyes were sunken in his gaunt face. His face cleared and she smiled back. His face looked a little confused. His face remained impassive, so strong was his self-control. His face set in grim lines. His face was set and hard. I looked around for a familiar face. I’m so bored with seeing the same old faces! Jack’s face flushed with embarrassment. Mr Hibbs came in with a face like thunder. She drew a little yellow smiley face. She had a big smile on her face. She had a plump, pretty face. She has a beautiful, oval face. She looked at the honest, open face of her husband. She made a disgusted face at that and walked away. She made a funny face and gave a snorting sort of laugh. She placed the cards face down on the table. She put some powder on her face. She turned her face away. Social deprivation is the unacceptable face of capitalism. The ball hit him in the face. The face smiled benignly at him. The father’s face softened as he hugged his little boy. The look on his face was priceless. The news for the company isn’t good, judging from the long faces in the boardroom. This discovery changed the whole face of science. We slowly climbed the steep face of the crag. a craggy face with deep-set eyes and bushy brows a restaurant where you often see famous faces bureaucracy with a human face the sight of Sarah’s smiling face beaming up at him Her face lit up when she spoke of the past. 她讲到往事时就面露喜色。 His face fell when he read the headlines. 他读大标题时脸沉了下来。 Sue’s face was a picture as she listened to her husband’s speech. 休听她丈夫讲话时，脸上露出又惊又气的表情。 face somebody/something She turned and faced him. 她转过身来面对着他。 Most of the rooms face the sea. 多数房间朝海。 + adv./prep. The terrace faces south. 露台朝南。 a north-facing wall面北的墙 Stand with your feet apart and your hands facing upwards. 两脚叉开站着，双手向上。 Which direction are you facing? 你面朝哪个方向？ face something the problems faced by one-parent families单亲家庭面对的问题 The company is facing a financial crisis. 公司正面临财政危机。 be faced with something She's faced with a difficult decision. 她眼前有一项难作的决定。 It's not always easy to face the truth. 承认事实并不总是一件容易的事。 She had to face the fact that her life had changed forever. 她得正视她的生活已永远改变了这一事实。 Face facts—she isn't coming back. 面对现实吧，她不会回来了。 Let's face it, we're not going to win. 我们得承认，我们赢不了啦。 face something I just can't face work today. 我今天就是没法工作。 face doing something I can't face seeing them. 我真不愿意见到他们。 How can I face Tom? He'll be so disappointed. 我怎样才能和汤姆谈呢？他会很失望的。 a brick building faced with stone石料贴面的砖建筑物 The others all ran off, leaving me to face the music. 其他人都跑掉了，留下我来挨罚。 Face facts —she isn’t coming back. 面对现实吧，她不会回来了。 I just can’t face work today. 我今天就是没法工作。 It’s not always easy to face the truth. 承认事实并不总是一件容易的事。 Let’s face it, we’re not going to win. 我们得承认，我们赢不了啦。 On their journey across the desert they faced danger of all sorts. Several students now face expulsion. She is faced with a difficult situation. The party will have to change its policies to fit the new problems facing society. We could all face higher fuel bills this winter. |