英汉词典

face 基本解释

• n. 脸；表面；面子；面容；外观；威信
• vi. 向；朝
• vt. 面对；面向；承认；抹盖
• n. (Face)人名；(法)法斯；(意)法切

face 词态变化

face 中文词源

来自PIE*dhe, 做，放置，语源同do, fact. 即做出来的形状，脸面，并取代拉丁语visage.

face 英文词源

face

face: [13] The notion that a person’s face ‘is’ their appearance, what they look like to the rest of the world, lies behind the word face. It probably comes from a prehistoric base *fac-, signifying ‘appear’. This gave rise to Latin faciēs, which originally meant ‘appearance, aspect, form’, and only secondarily, by figurative extension, ‘face’. In due course it passed via Vulgar Latin *facia into Old French as face, from which English acquired it (French, incidentally, dropped the sense ‘face’ in the 17th century, although the word face is retained for ‘front, aspect’, etc).

Related forms in English include facade [17], facet [17] (originally a diminutive), superficial and surface.
=> facade, facet, superficial, surface

face (n.)

c. 1300, "the human face, a face; facial appearance or expression; likeness, image," from Old French face "face, countenance, look, appearance" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *facia (source also of Italian faccia), from Latin facies "appearance, form, figure," and secondarily "visage, countenance," which probably is literally "form imposed on something" and related to facere "to make" (see factitious).

Replaced Old English andwlita "face, countenance" (from root of wlitan "to see, look") and ansyn, ansien, the usual word (from the root of seon "see"). Words for "face" in Indo-European commonly are based on the notion of "appearance, look," and are mostly derivatives from verbs for "to see, look" (as with the Old English words, Greek prosopon, literally "toward-look," Lithuanian veidas, from root *weid- "to see," etc.). But in some cases, as here, the word for "face" means "form, shape." In French, the use of face for "front of the head" was given up 17c. and replaced by visage (older vis), from Latin visus "sight."

From late 14c. as "outward appearance (as contrasted to some other reality);" also from late 14c. as "forward part or front of anything;" also "surface (of the earth or sea), extent (of a city)." Typographical sense of "part of the type which forms the letter" is from 1680s.

Whan she cometh hoom, she raumpeth in my face And crieth 'false coward.' [Chaucer, "Monk's Tale"]

Face to face is from mid-14c. Face time is attested from 1990. To lose face (1876), is said to be from Chinese tu lien; hence also save face (1915). To show (one's) face "make or put in an appearance" is from mid-14c. (shewen the face). To make a face "change the appearance of the face in disgust, mockery, etc." is from 1560s. Two faces under one hood as a figure of duplicity is attested from mid-15c.

Two fases in a hode is neuer to tryst. ["Awake lordes," 1460]

face (v.)

"confront with assurance; show a bold face," mid-15c., from face (n.). From c. 1400 as "deface, disfigure." Meaning "to cover with something in front" is from 1560s; that of "turn the face toward" is from 1630s; meaning "be on the opposite page to" is from 1766. Intransitive sense "to turn the face" (especially in military tactics) is from 1630s. Related: Faced; facing. To face the music (1850, in U.S. Congressional debates) probably is theatrical rather than a reference to cavalry horses.

face 词组搭配

face 英文释义

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

"he washed his face"

"I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"

2. the expression on a person's face;

"a sad expression"

"a look of triumph"

"an angry face"

3. the general outward appearance of something;

"the face of the city is changing"

4. the act of confronting bravely;

"he hated facing the facts"

"he excelled in the face of danger"

5. the striking or working surface of an implement

6. a part of a person that is used to refer to a person;

"he looked out at a roomful of faces"

"when he returned to work he met many new faces"

7. a surface forming part of the outside of an object;

"he examined all sides of the crystal"

"dew dripped from the face of the leaf"

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

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

"he dealt the cards face down"

10. a contorted facial expression;

"she made a grimace at the prospect"

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

12. status in the eyes of others;

"he lost face"

13. impudent aggressiveness;

"I couldn't believe her boldness"

"he had the effrontery to question my honesty"

14. a vertical surface of a building or cliff

face 同义词解析

appearance, look, face, aspect

这些名词均含事物或人的"外表，容貌"之意。

appearance：普通用词，着重由总体产生的印象。

look：普通用词，多用复数，可与appearance换用，但较口语化。

face：侧重指容貌。

aspect：书面用词，突出人或事物在某特定时间或地点时的外貌。

face, confront

这两个动词均含"面对"之意。

face： 口语用词，含义广，侧重有勇气、决心或自信心去面对。

confront： 书面用词，多指勇敢、冷静地面临某种问题、困难或任务等。

meet, encounter, confront, face, contact

这些动词均有"遇见，会见，碰见"之意。

meet： 普通用词，本义指双方或多方从不同方向或相反方向作向对运动，最终相碰(遇)。

encounter： 通常指遇到困难或挫折，也指偶然或意外地相遇。

confront： 不可避免的，面对面的相遇。也指敢于正视困难或问题的决心和信心。

face： 侧重双方静止地面对面，或指指充满勇气、信心和决心正视人或事。

contact： 多指通过书信、电话或直接会面和别人联系。口语用词。

face 双语例句

1. They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.

面对遭征服的悲惨命运，他们保持了乐观的态度。

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2. The cold, misty air felt wonderful on his face.

雾蒙蒙，寒冷的空气使他脸上感觉很舒爽。

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3. He will now face a disciplinary hearing for having an affair.

他因有外遇而要面临纪律听证会的裁决。

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4. A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death.

一名男青年从陡峭的岩壁上坠崖身亡。

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5. The government wilted in the face of such powerful pressure.

政府面对如此大的压力，失去了信心。

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face 实用场景例句

Roosevelt was defiant in the face of the bad news.

对这个坏消息，罗斯福毫不理会。

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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。

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He came to me with a very long face.

他拉长了脸来找我。

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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。

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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。

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He said that the decision flew in the face of natural justice.

他说这个决定有悖天理。

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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。

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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。

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It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two men.

这是两人首次当面会晤。

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Eventually, he came face to face with discrimination again...

最终，他又一次遭遇歧视。

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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。

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...scientific principles that seem to fly in the face of common sense...

似乎有悖常识的科学原理

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...the north face of the Eiger...

艾格尔山北坡

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He scrambled 200 feet up the cliff face.

他沿着崖面向上攀登了200英尺。

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...the changing face of the British countryside...

英国乡村的日新月异

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This would change the face of Malaysian politics.

这将改变马来西亚的政治面貌。

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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。

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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？

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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。

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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。

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Can't you see this could blow up in your face?

你难道看不出这事会砸锅？

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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。

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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。

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Charles laid down his cards face up.

查尔斯将手中的牌摊了出来。

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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。

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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。

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The priest frowned into the light, his face puzzled.

神父在亮光下皱起了眉头，一脸疑惑。

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He was walking around with a sad face...

他四处走着，神色哀伤。

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A strong wind was blowing right in my face...

一阵劲风迎面吹来。

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He rolled down his window and stuck his face out...

他摇下车窗，把头探了出去。

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