/kənˈfrʌnt/

  1. to deal with a difficult situation 正视;处理;面对
    It takes courage to confront your fears.
    克服恐惧心理需要勇气。
    We need to confront these problems before it’ s too late.
    我们必须及时处理这些问题,不要等到太迟了。
  2. if a problem or difficult situation confronts you , you have to deal with it 面临;遭遇
    the problems confronting the church
    教会所面临的问题

also be confronted with
She was confronted with the biggest crisis of her political life.
她正面临着她政治生涯中最大的危机。

if a problem, difficulty etc confronts you, it appears and needs to be dealt with
〔问题、困难等〕使遇到,使面对:
The problems confronting the new government were enormous.
新政府面临的难题是巨大的。